KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet has approved the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, with proposals to increase salaries and pensions for government employees despite ongoing financial constraints. According to official sources, the provincial government is expected to present a budget exceeding Rs2.7 trillion for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget includes a proposed 7 […]
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Punjab links employees salaries increase to federal budget decision
The Punjab government is expected to align any increase in salaries for provincial government employees with the federal government’s decision in the upcoming budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to official sources. Read More: Budget 2026-27 may be delayed to June 12 Budget proposals under consideration indicate that significant allocations have been earmarked for salaries, […]
UoP staff protest, seek federal control amid financial crisis
PESHAWAR: Teaching and non-teaching employees of the University of Peshawar (UoP) have demanded that the institution be placed under federal administrative and financial control, alleging that the provincial government has failed to manage its affairs. The demand was issued during a protest on Friday over the non-payment of December salaries and pensions. Read More: KP government […]
Salary shock: Who approved the big pay raise for Pakistan’s top parliamentarians?
The salaries of the Senate Chairman and National Assembly Speaker were increased through decisions made within their own parliamentary committees. According to sources, the Senate’s House Finance Committee raised the salaries of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, while the National Assembly’s House Finance Committee increased the pay of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Both committees […]
Salaries, pensions up by 10%, new taxes worth Rs2 trillion in budget 2025–26
ISLAMABAD – The budget documents for the fiscal year 2025–26 have been revealed ahead of the formal presentation in Parliament. According to details, the total proposed budget size is Rs17,573 billion. Of this, Rs1,000 billion is allocated for development spending, while non-development expenditures are projected to be Rs16,286 billion. The government proposes Rs2 trillion in […]
Diplomats in foreign countries should be exempted from tax: Bilawal Bhutto
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto has written a letter to PM Shehbaz Sharif against a tax on the salaries of diplomats posted abroad after the foreign ministry officials took a strong exception against it. According to sources, the foreign minister had to write a letter to the prime minister. He wrote it after the foreign […]
KP govt to present historic tax free, pro-development budget: Bangash
Special Assistant to Chief Minister Kamran Bangash on Wednesday said that government would present a historic budget which would bring more prosperity and development in the province. The minister appreciating the performance of the Excise and Board of Revenue (BoR) said that provincial government had collected a record over Rs 50 billion revenue in the […]
IRR points out 30% rise in poverty, 15 to 20 people ending lives daily
ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator Rehman Malik urged the government to present a people-friendly and pro-poor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. In Pakistan, “with a 14 percent inflation rate, there is a 30 percent rise in the poverty rate, 80.5 million people are standing on the edge of the poverty […]
‘Avengers Endgame’ actors’ salaries revealed
It may have been the end of the road for Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man but the actor will not feel the pinch financially, courtesy the contract he negotiated a few years ago. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 54-year-old actor, who has been the face of Marvel Studios’ money-minting Marvel Cinematic Universe, had managed […]
New social deal signed in Morocco, salaries to rise
The Moroccan government on Thursday announced a “new social deal” with employers and the main labor unions, under which many workers will enjoy a pay rise. The deal agreed by the General Confederation of Moroccan Businesses (CGEM) and the three main unions — the UMT, UGTM and UNMT — is the fruit of months of […]