The federal government on Wednesday acceded to increasing their salary packages of grade-1 to grade-19 employees by 15%, but excluded about five-dozen departments that are already availing higher than standard pay packages.
The move will marginally reduce disparity between the civil and military salaries as the government had given a similar 15% pay raise to all the ranks of the armed forces in July last year over and above their special package.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday had also announced to increase salaries of the paramilitary forces by 15%.
The government has decided to give a 15% disparity allowance on running basic pay to underprivileged employees from Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 1 to 19 with effect from March 1, according to a late-night announcement by the Ministry of Finance. The package has also recommended to the provinces to adopt the same from their own funds, it added.
