The Ministry of Finance clarified on Monday in a statement that proposals were not being considered to increase government wages after media reports said that government wages and pensions would remain unchanged in the next fiscal year.
According to the statement, the Minister of Finance, Muhammad Aurengzeb, presented a written answer to a question formulated by PTI MNA and Chief Whip Malik Amir tell during today’s session of the National Assembly, about the possibility of an increase in wages, assignments and pensions in the next fiscal year.
“The Minister of Finance did not make any announcements or statements while heading to the floor of the National Assembly,” said the statement. “The transmission of news is attributed to this regard is not based on reality.”
The statement added that in his written response, Aurengzeb did not mention any review to pay scales for government employees.
The Ministry added that it has informed the NA about the situation and that currently “the proposal to review the salary scales of the Federal Government employees for the next financial year and significantly increase their salaries and assignments is not under consideration.”
However, Aurengzeb confirmed that “after receiving the revised survey of the Ministry of Housing and Works, the question of increasing the rental limit is being considered to take advantage of the services of privately owned residential houses.”
In the 2024-25 budget, the Government announced a 20-25 percent increase in salaries and a 15 percent increase in pensions for government officials.
This was notified in July last year, with the government allowing the assignment of ad hoc-2024 (ara) relief at a 25 percent rate of executing the basic payment scale (BPS) 1 to 16 and 20pc for BPS 17 to 22.
This was applied to all federal government employees, including the personnel of the Armed Forces, civil armed forces and civilian employees, as well as civilians paid by defense estimates.
