Rs31b approved for Punjab salaries, pensions

LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker government has approved Rs31 billion in allocation for increased salaries and pensions of government employees.

According to Dawn, the supplementary grant was required after the Punjab government announced the grant of adhoc relief allowance 2023 at the rate of 35 per cent of basic pay to the civil servants serving from BS-1 to BS-16.

Meanwhile, a 30 per cent increase was granted for BS-17 to BS-22 civil servants. An increase in pensions at the rate of Rs17.5 per cent was also granted.

PM directs Punjab govt salaries in par with centre

The Punjab finance secretary briefed the caretaker cabinet that the Punjab government had allocated Rs352 billion as salary budget for a period of four months, July to October, in the current 2023-24 fiscal year.

This comprised Rs158.4 billion at provincial level and Rs193.6 billion under PFC share. A sum of Rs117.4 billion has been allocated for pensioners for the period of four months from July to October.

Supreme Court judges’ basic salary increased by 20%

Last month, the federal government increased the basic salaries of Supreme Court judges by 20 per cent. This came after Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani signed the Judge Salary Order 2023, which hiked chief justice’s salary from Rs10, 24324 to Rs12, 29189 per month. The decision was heavily criticised in light of the country’s economic crisis.