PM Showers Financial benefits on Bureaucrats with empty govt coffers

Shahbaz Sharif, the prime minister of the government that begged for one dollar from IMF, officially announced a huge increase in executive allowance for government officials of federal secretariat.

After consulting Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a 150 percent increment for officers in grades 17 to 22. The new executive allowance will be applicable on the base salary of 2017 and will be effective from January 1, 2023.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while issuing a message on the social media website Twitter, wrote that “the government has decided to eliminate the unfair difference in the salaries of the officers of the federal secretariat.”

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وزیرِ اعظم شہباز شریف کا وفاقی سیکٹریٹ کے افسران کی تنخواہوں میں موجود غیر منصفانہ فرق ختم کرنے کا فیصلہ۔

گریڈ 17 سے 22 کے وفاقی سیکٹریٹ کے وہ افسران جو گزشتہ فیصلے سے ایگزیکٹیو الاؤنس سے محروم رہے، ان کو حکومت کا 2017 کی بنیادی تنخواہ پر 150% ایگریکٹیو الاؤنس دینے کا فیصلہ۔ pic.twitter.com/mtoLZtyrrV

— President PMLN (@president_pmln) February 1, 2023

He further wrote that the “Government has decided to give 150% of the 2017 basic salary to the officers of the Federal Secretariat of Grade 17 to 22 who were deprived of Executive Allowance by the previous decision.”

Analysts say that this decision has been taken by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a time when the country is caught in the most severe economic crisis. He says that this initiative of the Prime Minister is like sprinkling salt on the wounds of the citizens who are struggling day and night to fulfill their needs.

Analysts say that foreign exchange reserves have reached record lows, and the continued depreciation of the Pakistan rupee is preventing the opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports, leading to severe shortages of essential commodities in the country. has been born

The side spectacle is that the government has dropped a petrol bomb on the people suffering from inflation, two days before the fortnightly review, the prices of petrol and diesel were increased by Rs 35 and Rs 35 per liter.