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Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali on Friday told the Sindh Assembly that the provincial government would consider increasing salaries of government employees in the next budget. APP/File
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali on Friday told the Sindh Assembly that the provincial government would consider increasing salaries of government employees in the next budget.
Concluding the pre-budget debate, he admitted that the minimum salary of a government employee was not enough for subsistence, but the provincial government had to take a decision in that regard keeping in view its resources.
Mr Shah said that around Rs50 billion was spent for payment of salaries and retired employees’ pension, excluding employees of local government institutions.
In this file photo, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaks during the assembly session. PPI/File
KARACHI: Terming the Census 2017 an injustice to Sindh and Balochistan, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday announced in the Sindh Assembly that the provincial government would take the matter to parliament under the constitutional provisions.
Giving a policy statement on the census issue in the house, he said that the provincial cabinet had decided to file a reference in parliament as a province could move parliament in case it did not agree to a decision taken by the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
This file photo shows Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh. APP/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session on Thursday was marred by uproar and chaos as members of both the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf exchanged heated arguments and chanted slogans against each other during the maiden speech of interned Leader of Opposition Haleem Adil Sheikh who attended the sitting on production orders.
The house echoed with slogans ‘Go Niazi Go’ and ‘Go Murad Go’ by the treasury and opposition benches, respectively, soon after Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani gave the floor to the leader of opposition.