ISLAMABAD: In response to the strike call by the Secretariat employees for raising their
salaries the Ministry of Finance has held meetings with the Federal Government employees
to assure them that their proposals will be duly considered and proposed to the government
in the next budget.
In a statement issued here Thursday, the Finance Division has said that on the
instructions of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance & Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh,
separate meetings of Secretary Finance as well as Special Secretary Finance had been held
with the protesting employees to get a full understanding and awareness of the financial
constraints and problems of the government employees due to the inflation.
The statement said that the government understood and acknowledged the
difficulties and economic constraints faced by the federal government employees and in view
of their inputs obtained in the meetings held, proposal for a suitable raise in their salaries
would be prepared by factoring in the overall economic situation, and available fiscal space
and incorporated in the upcoming Federal Budget 2020-21.