ISLAMBAD: Tricky figures about raise in salaries and pensions in
budget for 2010-2011 is another farce for the people in Pakistan.
The
government was claiming that it would first merge all the ad-hoc relief
allowances in basic pay and pensions of the employees and then 15
percent increase would be marked on the added pay.
But now they are saying that all the ad-hoc relief allowances granted upto 1-7-2009 will be merged in Basic Pay Scale-2008.
The
ad-hoc allowances in 2010 were 50 percent while that in 2009 Just 35
percent. So when the government talked about merging the allowances,
the employers and pensioners were happy over 50 percent increase in
their basic pay.
“I am happy as 50 percent increase in my basic
salary would benefit me in the long run,” said Rahat Said, a government
employee working in BPS-11.
But now the question of 2009 has
created massive confusions among them. Some people are even confuse so
much that they say that increase in 2009 plus increase in 2010 mean 85
percent increase. “So we don’t know whether it is 85 percent, 50
percent or 35 percent increase,” said another government employee.
Not
only the employees but also the officers in the finance ministry are
not exactly know as what would be the final situation.
A senior
official in the ministry on condition of anonymity told Online that 35
percent ad-hoc relief allowances of 2009 would probably be merged in
the basic salary or pension. “But that is also not certain as situation
would be clear after issuance of a notification in this connection,” he
said. Online
