Cabinet members to give up 10pc of salaries
ISLAMABAD: A 10 percent cut in the salaries of members of the Cabinet was announced on Tuesday as the Budget 2019-20 was presented by State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar, who termed…
S Waziristan’s Khasadars to get paid after 10 months
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to clear the long-pending dues of Khasadar force of South Waziristan district. In this connection, the Finance Division has agreed to release funds amounting to Rs1,229.576 million…
WASA staff closes sewerage lines in Hyderabad against non-payment of salaries
HYDERABAD: The employees of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) in a protest against non-payment of six months salaries closed sewerage lines in the city on Wednesday, causing trouble to citizens. They also…
No salaries for P&SHD engineers in ‘Naya Pakistan’
–Primary and Secondary Health Department engineers protest against non-payment of dues for past nine months –Protesters claim officials using delaying tactics while health minister is least bothered LAHORE: The engineers of Punjab Primary…
Bahria Town employees end protest after negotiation
KARACHI: The employees and contractors of Bahria Town, who had blocked the Super Highway while protesting against non-payment of salaries on Saturday, ended their demonstration after six hours of negotiations with the police…
Children Hospital staff awaits salaries
KARACHI: The staff of Sindh Government Children Hospital (SGCH), North Karachi, employed by the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI), are yet to be paid their salaries as the Health Department of Sindh has not released…
‘Sell your Bentleys to pay employees’, top judge tells media owners
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday warned media owners of a strict action if they fail to pay the salaries to their employees. “Sell your Bentley cars and…
Children hospital’s staff boycott duties in protest against non-payment of salaries
KARACHI: The staff of Sindh Government Children Hospital (SGCH) North Karachi closed downed medical services including emergency, OPDs, diagnostic centre and others departments and protested outside Karachi Press Club against the delay in…
All media houses equally important to govt: info minister
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Tuesday said that all media houses were equally important to the government. “The government is neutral towards media outlets and is making…
UAF food security project employees suffer due to nonpayment of salaries
–USAID terminated project as part of “reprioritisation” by Trump administration LAHORE: University of Agriculture Faisalabad’s (UAF) Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security employees have been left distressed owing to the…
SC issues notices to media groups over salaries delay
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to several media groups over non-payment of salaries to the journalists and media workers. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar…
Employees suffer as Shehr-e-Khamoshan lacks funds for salaries
–Staffers claim it is not the first time that they are not being paid –Say ex-PSKA DG used to pay them from his own pocket at times LAHORE: Despite Chief Justice of Pakistan…
Punjab govt discontinues market-based salaries of officials
–The decision, taken in the light of top court’s instructions, will annul special financial benefits given to govt servants LAHORE: The caretaker government of Punjab on Saturday suspended the special financial benefits or…
PIA yet to pay salaries to players, including Sarfraz
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has not cleared salaries of several sportspersons on its payroll, including Sarfraz Ahmed, due to a glitch in the system, the national carrier said on Saturday. A…
SMBB staff stage protest over non-regularisation, non-payment of salaries
KARACHI: The staff of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (SMBB) Trauma Centre on Saturday staged a protest demonstration outside Karachi Press Club (KPC) for regularisation of their jobs and release of eight-month salaries.…
Protesting teachers demand six-year salaries
KARACHI: Teachers action committee held a protest demonstration outside Karachi Press Club on Saturday for payment of their pending six-year salaries. Speaking on the occasion, committee leader Sardar Abdul Hakeem said that…
On SC orders, summery to arbitrate payments to media houses dispatched
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of information on Thursday dispatched a summary to the Prime Minister Office to arbitrate payments to media houses, sources said on Thursday. The development occurred on the Supreme Court orders.…