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PDM makes its anti-govt pitch at Malakand
Opposition fires salvos at PTI govt over lawlessness, price hike and poor governance
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a rally in Malakand. SCREENGRAB
PESHAWAR:
The top leadership of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) lampooned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in yet another power show in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, holding it responsible for increasing lawlessness, price hike and poor governance in the country.
PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai were among the main speakers at the alliance’s latest power show in Malakand.
Govt trying to steal your NFC Award and rights but we won t let them, Bilawal tells Malakand rally
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrives in Malakand on Monday. Photo courtesy: Kasim Gilani Twitter
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said the federal government was trying to steal the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award share and constitutional rights of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but the opposition alliance will not allow that to happen.
Addressing the latest rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in KP s Malakand district, Bilawal said the government did not know how to run the country and that every resident of Malakand was demanding Go selected go! .
Finance ministry rules out raise in salaries
Over five dozen govt organisations, labour unions threaten indefinite strike
Basic salary of MP-I, MP-II and MP-III officers increased by 10%. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The finance ministry has once again ruled out the possibility of immediately increasing salaries and perks of civil servants despite a threat of indefinite strike by over five-dozen government organisations and labour unions from the next week.
The interior ministry has feared that the Pakistan Democratic Movement - an alliance of 11 opposition parties, may hijack the employees protest, showed an official correspondence between the interior minister and the Prime Minister’s Office. The employees of the state-owned enterprises, pensioners and labour unions have announced to stage an indefinite sit-in in Islamabad from Tuesday. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had recommended that minister for finance may immediately meet the clerks’ leadership and announce som