- It is the responsibility of the government to provide relief to the people.
- The PPP leader called for far-reaching measures to solve the problems.
- Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced to set the minimum wage at 25 thousand rupees.
To provide relief to unskilled workers amid skyrocketing inflation, former president and co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has proposed an inflation hike to the coalition government. Minimum wage 35,000 up to Rs.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Zardari said that the decision to fix workers’ salaries should be taken at the government level.
“It is the responsibility of the government to provide relief to the people. [workers]He said that far-reaching measures should be taken to solve the problems faced by the people.
It is worth mentioning here that the coalition government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had announced to fix the minimum wage of unskilled workers at 25 thousand rupees.
Prime Minister’s decision
In April last year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his first speech as Prime Minister in the National Assembly had raised the minimum wage of government employees to Rs 25,000.
He further appealed to the industrialists to increase the salaries of employees earning up to Rs.1 lakh by 10%. He also announced 10% increase in civil and military pension of retired employees.
Among other relief measures, the prime minister had said that cheap wheat would be introduced at utility stores, laptops would be provided to the youth and Benazir card would be introduced.