ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Ministry makes important announcement oversalaries of government employees on Eid ul Fitr.
Federal Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced to release the salaries andpensions of the government employees under its domain before Eid.
According to a handout issued today, the finance division of the ministryissued the directives to the Accountant General of Pakistan (AGP) torelease the pension and salaries of the employees by May 21.
It said that the decision was taken to facilitate the employees andpensioners in preview of the ongoing situation due to COVID-19.
It is pertinent to mention here that on March 23, Sindh Chief MinisterMurad Ali Shah decided to control all the financial resources of theprovince amid coronavirus spreading fears.
In a statement issued by the CM Sindh spokesperson said that CM Murad AliShah has decided to release pensionslinkofthe retired employees from March 25.
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In this context the finance ministry has been advised to start disbursingthe pensions from 25th of this month.
The payments regarding gratuity, encashment, LPR and others have beenstopped by the CM Sindh, however, payments for salaries and pensions havebeen green-signaled link.
Soon after getting the directions of CM Murad, the finance ministry haswritten a letter to the Accountant General.
