As per the Daily Dunya Newspaper, there is a Request from the Govt employees to Increase Salary and Pension @ 75%. The All Pakistan Employees Coordination Council has demanded that the Government increase pensions, salaries, and other allowances in the Budget 2025-26. The details are as follows:
Demands / Request of the Govt Employees to Increase Salary and Pension @ 75%
According to the report, the employees have shared their demand to increase their salary and pension by a minimum @ 75%, which is according to the dearness in the country. The government should consider the request of the employees to be genuine. The employee’s council has also requested the Government to grant/increase the following:
Issuing Health Cards to all Government employees and pensioners
Increase the limits of tax slabs from 0.6 million to 1.2 million
Special Allowance @ 100%
The government should pay for the House Rent Allowance and Rental Ceiling of Houses on Rent along with their monthly salary.
Elimination of income tax from pension
The government should restore the previous formula of leave encashment
More Demands of the Employees
The Employees’ Council further has the following demands:
Special Allowance for the employees of BPS-01 to BPS-16 should be raised from 20% to 100%
The government should grant Health Allowance for the employees of BPS-01 to BPS-16 @ 10,000/- per month.
Health Allowance / Medical Allowance for the employees of BPS-17 and Above @ 15,000/- per month
The employees of lower grades have an exemption from income tax deduction
All employees should have an increase in salary @ 60%
Restoration of Rule-17 A for in-service death cases
All these demands of the employees are genuine as the rates of daily use items have increased manyfold. In the same way, many previous benefits for the employees have also been eliminated by the Government. In addition to that Government should also consider the increase in the Conveyance Allowance for employees. They also demand that the Government merge Adhoc Allowance into basic pay and introduce Revised Pay Scales 2025. The employees also request the Govt to grant DRA-2025 as the Government has already promised.
