PPP Seeks 50% Salary and 100% Pension Hike for Public Servants

The PPP is urging the federal government, ahead of the June 11 budget presentation, to grant a minimum 50% salary increase for government employees and a 100% rise in EOBI pensions  . They also call for raising the national minimum wage from Rs 37,000 to Rs 50,000. PPP Labour Bureau head Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed highlighted that 44% of Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line, advocating merger of ad‑hoc relief into basic pay and withdrawal of pension-reform measures