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PM approves hefty pay increase for senior bureaucrats

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  • Expenditure to be borne by divisions, departments from budget.
  • Officers’ pay to be fixed at corresponding stage in revised pay scale. 
  • Revised package will be automatically admissible to existing officers.

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday gave the green light to increase the salary package of management positions (MP-I), MP-II, and MP-III from October 1, reported The News on Thursday.

An office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Finance shows the basic pay and salary package of the MP-1 scale has been increased up to a minimum of Rs629,230 per month and a maximum of Rs772,780 per month against an earlier minimum basic pay of Rs433,950 per month and a maximum of Rs532,950 per month.

The house rent has been revised to Rs146,450 per month as minimum and Rs205,900 per month as maximum, while for utilities, the minimum provision of Rs28,500 per month, and the maximum of Rs35,240 per month have been approved.

For MP-II, the basic salary has been increased to Rs421,100 per month as the maximum salary and Rs263,180 per month as the minimum salary, while for MP-III, the minimum salary has been revised upward to Rs184,230 per month and the maximum salary of Rs263,190 per month and the utilities and house rent were also fixed, the office memorandum said.

The memorandum stated that the expenditure of these officers would be borne by the divisions, departments or organisations from their allocated budget for the current FY 2023-24.

The pay of an incumbent officer will be fixed at the corresponding stage in the revised pay scale, at which he was drawing the salary before revision. The revised MP package will be automatically admissible to the existing incumbents working in the MP scales.

However, the extension, if required, of the contract of MP scale holders, will be considered only if their performance is found satisfactory after evaluation by the performance evaluation committee and approval of the competent authority as per rules, it said.

The monetisation of the transport facility shall remain the same as per existing rates given below such as for MP-I Rs95,910, MP-II Rs77,430 and MP-III Rs65,060 per month, while all other terms and conditions shall remain the same as per management.

The Position Scales Policy 2020 was issued by the Establishment Division on June 22, 2020, vide office memorandum No.1/3/2020-E-6. The perquisites and facilities admissible to the MP scale holders as amended from time to time shall remain in force as TA/DA, medical allowance, and gratuity remain the same.

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FO admits that a boat capsized in Greece, killing four Pakistanis.

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The deaths of four Pakistanis in a boat capsizing event close to the southern Greek island of Goudos have been verified by the Foreign Office.

The incident happened on Sunday and at least five illegal immigrants drowned as a result. According to Greek Coast Guards, 39 people were rescued after the wooden boat overturned, but 40 more are still unaccounted for.

According to a Foreign Office spokeswoman, the four Pakistani nationals were among those killed in the catastrophe. In order to help the remaining Pakistanis and repatriate the corpses of the deceased, the Pakistani Embassy in Athens has been in close communication with Greek authorities, she said.

Additional information was given by Aamir Aftab Qureshi, Pakistan’s ambassador to Greece, during a press conference. According to him, there were 80 Pakistanis on board the doomed boat, and efforts are still being made to find the people who are still missing.

He added that the overcrowding on the boat was a factor in the capsizing. There are worries over the safety of the missing people because a sizable portion of them are children. He stated that five boats carrying Pakistani nationals were traveling illegally from Libya.

The public was also informed by Ambassador Qureshi that the government will pay for the return flight of the accident victims’ bodies.

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Every office will have a biometric system installed by Lesco.

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system in each office.

Details show that the LESCO had ordered the installation of biometric systems in all offices, including the divisions and the circle.

The installation of the biometric system at the headquarters resulted in an increase in attendance, as the LESCO CEO had stated.

The CEO of LESCO claimed that the biometric system has resolved the issues related to the fictitious overtime and off-days.

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Around 450 Pakistanis have successfully crossed into Lebanon from Syria, according to a briefing from the Foreign Office.

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Approximately 450 Pakistanis, including 250 Zaireen, have successfully crossed into Lebanon from Syria, according to the spokesperson for the Foreign Office, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.

During her weekly briefing at the foreign office in Islamabad, she stated that Pakistan is pleased with the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly on the Gaza Strip, which calls for an immediate ceasefire.

In addition, she expressed her satisfaction with the elimination of limits placed on UNRWA’s ability to carry out relief activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

It was stated by her that Pakistan is demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities in Palestine, an end to the genocide that is taking place in Gaza, the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, unrestricted access to humanitarian aid for those who are in urgent need, full support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its mandated humanitarian activities, and medical assistance for those who are in urgent need.

Moreover, she stated that Pakistan emphasises the need for the international community to hold Israel accountable for the war crimes and crimes against humanity that it has committed in occupied lands.

The Israeli aggression against Syria, the illegitimate acquisition of Syrian territory, and the massive devastation of Syrian infrastructure as well as civilian and military sites are all topics that Pakistan is extremely worried about, according to the spokesperson for Pakistan.

According to her, this attack on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is a serious violation of international law to the highest degree. By expressing our support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, we are also expressing our opposition to the Israeli government’s attempt to acquire territory through coercion.

The resolution 497 of the United Nations Security Council, which declares the annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel to be null and illegal and to have no international legal impact, was reaffirmed by her organisation.

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