Govt to Increase EOBI Pensions in 2021
The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, has announced that the Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pensions will be increased to Rs. 10,000 next year.
He stated this at a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, adding that “efforts are afoot to further increase the pension to Rs. 10,000”.
The SAPM said that the government is sincere with pensioners as it had previously increased the amount from Rs. 5,250 to Rs. 8,500, and that it intends to make the EOBI’s pension equal to the minimum wage in the future.
Eight killed, over 35 injured in blast at Karachi ice factory
Labour minister seeks report on safety measures at factory; city commissioner fears more casualties
Ceiling of the factory, located near Saba Cinema, collapsed under the weight of the explosion. PHOTO: TWITTER/ @Karachi Update
KARACHI:
At least eight people were killed and over 35 others injured when the boiler of an ice factory in New Karachi Industrial Area exploded on Tuesday evening.
The ceiling of the factory, located near Saba Cinema, collapsed under the weight of the explosion and 10 other neighbouring workshops were damaged.
The air was heavy with smoke as rescue workers arrived and rushed to the aid of people buried under the rubble.
Centre accused of interfering in Sindh’s affairs
Wahab accuses federal government of violating the Constitution
Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
The federal government has maliciously tried to interfere in provincial affairs, claimed Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab on Monday.
Addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly building on the day, Wahab claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf-led federal government does not believe in the law and has been violating the Constitution of Pakistan for the past two and a half years.
He dubbed the central government as incompetent and anti-poor . During Prime Minister Imran Khan s tenure, houses of the poor have been demolished but the PM s house was regularised, claimed Wahab. This facility is not available to the poor.
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SHC seeks replies over creation of 7th district
PTI s Aamir Liaquat files second plea against creation of city s seventh district
Aamir Liaquat. PHOTO: TWITTER
The Sindh High Court issued notices to the parties in Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan s plea against the carving out of a seventh district - Keamari - in the metropolis on Monday.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Aamir Liaquat also filed a similar petition before the high court.
The petitioners maintained in their pleas that the establishment of Keamari district and a related district municipal corporation was illegal.
They argued that a population census was not carried out in the area before changing its status to a district, adding that a public hearing to solicit public opinion on dissolving or creating a council is a requirement before establishing a district according to revenue rules.