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.
Sindh CM adviser Aijaz Shah Sheerazi passes away in Karachi from coronavirus
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
THATTA: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Social Welfare Aijaz Ali Shah Sheerazi has died of the coronavirus, his spokesperson, Muhammad Hanif confirmed Thursday.
Aijaz was being treated at a hospital in Karachi. His funeral prayers and burial will be held in Thatta.
The Sindh CM’s adviser on social welfare was the head of the Sheerazi group. He was suffering from a lung ailment.
Provincial Ministers Ismail Rahu, Owais Shah and Manzoor Wasan expressed their grief over the death the Sindh government official.