I have collected the views of the employees in connection with pay salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 for the Government employees. As far I have observed their demands, these are nearly based on the actual situation for the employees. Due to the increase in prices of daily use items, rents, bills, etc nearly everyone has adjusted himself to some extent except the Government employees. Their salaries are fixed and they are looking at the Government to raise their pay in the coming Budget 2020-21.  The authorities who prepare the budget and give proposals must include these demands of the employees to the maximum possible extent.

Now at this time, there are four Adhoc allowances that the Government employees are getting. These are as under:

• Adhoc Relief Allowance 2016 (Frozen)
• ARA 2017 (On Running basic pay)
• Adhoc Relief Allowance 2018 (On Running Basic Pay)
• ARA-2019 (On Running Basic Pay)

The government of Pakistan introduced Revised Pay Scales 2017 vide Notification of the dated 03-07-2017. After that, there happened no revision of pay scales and the year 2020 approached. (Copy of pay scales 2017 attached below).

 

Salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 and other Demands

 

Now, let’s see what say the Government employees about their demands. What the employees want to increase in the coming budget 2020-2021 in connection with their pay, allowances, upgradations, regularization, pension and pay protection etc. The government should now consider the due demands of the employees and should consider a suitable pay raise in Budget 2020-21 for employees.

 

Revised Pay Scale 2020-21

 

• Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan sahib, employees have been waiting for the promise of relief for the last two years. Govt should increase Salary by at least 50%. House Rent Allowance should be paid according to the basic scale of 2020 which is being given on the basic scale of 2008. The small medical allowance being paid to the employees in the amount of Rs 1500, with this small amount of money, it is not possible to treat one individual member of the employee and the rest are far away. Employees’ medical allowance should be at least10000. All employees should be given a utility allowance which is already being given to certain departments.

By Ibrahim Mhd President of United Employees Organization Gilgit-Baltistan

1. The Govt should revise Pay scales and grant 50% pay increase.
   2. Equalization of pay and Allowances in all federal and provincial Departments.
   3. Medical Allowance, conveyance allowance, HRA they should increase.
   4. Utility Allowance they should give to all employees grade-wise.
   5. The timescale for stagnant posts.
   6. Qualification increments
   7. 20% Special Allowance Govt should resume which PPPP Govt announced and later they stopped in 2013.
   8. 100% audit allowance they should give to MAG, AGP, CGA employees. (Sher Muhammad)

 

• Govt must merge All Adhoc reliefs into the basic and then revise pay scales and allowances accordingly and govt must devise an automatic system to increase pay and allowances every year, like at the start of every new fiscal year the salaries and allowance revised with 10% increase and lastly uniform salary system for all govt employees of Pakistan. (Saadat Hassan)
• Adhoc merge, Scale revise, up-gradation of LDC, UDC, Assistant, Superintendent according to Provinces level. (Shabbar Ahmed S)
• Payscale must be revised and house rent should be ranged from a minimum of 12000 to a maximum of 20000 for every employee according to grade. M. Phil, PhD should be promoted automatically after three years of completion of their degree. With an increase in house rent increase in pay should be 20% but with no increase in house, rent increase should be 40% for every employee. While annual increment should be increased by 50% of the existing amount. (Muniba Fatima)
• Minimum salary 20 % increase after merge all Adhoc in basic payment due to the inflation rate. (Saifullah Khan)
• Meri request hay pay scale revise kia jai tamam govt servants ko aik uniform policy k mutabiq pay dia jai ARA 2016,17,18 & 2019 merged in basic pay HRA increase kiay jain aur 2020 k basic pay pur dia jai medical allowance increase upto Rs minimum 5000 ya health card ka ijra kia jai tamam federal or provincial govt k mulazim ku aour utility allowance dia jain. (Musharaf Khan Mohammad)
• Please merge 4 Adhoc which is the rights of employee scale revised and also increases medical allowance 50 percent increase on after merge of 4 adhoc. (Haqdad Khan)
• Govt should increase a minimum of 20 to 30% and merge Adhoc allowance. (Raja Waqas)
• After adhoc merged a minimum 20% salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 the Govt should do. (Muhammad Abdul Rehman Khokhar)

• تمام آ ایڈہاک ریلیف تنخواہوں میں ضم کر کے سکیل ریوایز کیے جایں جو رقم تنخواہوں میں اضافہ کے لیے مختص کی گئی ہے اس کو سکیل 1 تا 22 کے تمام ملازمین میں برابر تقسیم کر دی جاے   (Rana Amer Mahmood)

• آپ کی قابل قدر خدمات ہیں اس حوالہ سے۔۔۔ جو لکھا ۔کہا ویسا ہوا ۔اور ہر سال جنوری سے اپدیٹ دیتی پھر اینڈ رزلٹ بھی شاندار ہوتا۔۔۔۔ پھر 10٪کی وباء چلی ۔۔۔۔اور پچھلے سال تک قائم رہی۔۔۔۔۔ مگر پچھلا بحٹ گریڈسترہ و مابعد کے لئے خسارے کا تھا۔۔۔ جو پانچ ٪ ملا تھا۔۔۔۔ ٹیکسز کی نظر ہوا۔۔۔ اللہ کرے امسال ایسا نہ ہو۔۔۔۔ اور 10٪ بھی نہ ہو۔۔۔۔ اگر مساوات کے ساتھ سب ایڈھاک ضم کر کے 20٪ دیتے ہیں تو یہ بھی پچھلے دس سال میں لگے مہنگائی کے کاری گھاؤ کو مندمل نہیں کر سکتا۔۔۔۔ اس وقت بال وزیراعظم پاکستان کے کورٹ میں ہے کچھ ایسا ضرور کریں کہ ملازم طبقہ 2010 کے گیلانی صاحب کے 50٪ کو بھول جائیں۔۔۔۔ اور انکے چہرے پہ حسین مسکراہٹ ہو     (Zia Sajid)

• کنوینس الاؤنس اور میڈیکل الاونس کو موجودہ Basic Payپر دیا جائے اور تمام ایڈہاک الاونسز کو Basic Pay میں شامل کر کے سکیل روائز کیے جائیں   (Muhammad Khurram Shahzad)

• Govt must revise Payscale. (Arshad Minhass)

• ملازمین دوسال سے ریلیف کے وعدےکا انتظار کررہےہیں بجٹ2020میں 2016 -2017-2018-2019 کے اڈھاک ریلیف الاونس کو ضم کرکے پے سکیل روائیز کیے جائیں تنخواہ میں کم از کم 50%اضافہ کیا جائے ہاوس رینٹ سکیل روائیز کرکے 2020پر دیا جائے جو کے 2008 پر دیا جارہا ہے سکیل 1 کو 1367مل رہا ہے اس میں مکان تو کرائے پر نہیں مل سکتا میڈیکل الاونس 1500مل رہا ہے ملازمین اس میں اپنا بیوی بچوں کا علاج کیسے کرائیں کئی ملازمین اور ان کے اہلخانہ کئ بیماریوں میں مبتلا ہیں مگر علاج کی سہولت سے محروم ہیں میڈیکل الاونس کم از کم 5000روپے کیا جائے یوٹیلٹی الاونس تمام ملازمین کو دیا جائے لوئیر سکیل کے ملازم تنخواہ لے کر بجلی اور گیس بل ادا کردیتے ہیں تو باقی اخراجات کے لیے قرض لے گزارا کرتے ہیں ملازمین کی زندگی اجیرن ہوچکی ہے ملازمین کو مہنگائ کے تناسب سے تنخواہ دی جائے تاکہ وہ اور محنت سےسرکاری امور سرانجام دے سکیں – ( Ibrahim Mhd)

• بجٹ سے قبل منظم سازش
  ہر سال بجٹ سے قبل افواہیں اور پریس ریلیز گردش کرنے لگتی ہیں کہ ایڈہاک ریلیز ضم کیے جارہے ہیں، کمیشن بنادیا گیا تنخواہوں میں تفریق ختم کرنے کے لیے تاکہ ملازمین ہڑتال کا راستہ نہ اپنائیں بلکہ یہاں تک کہ اپوزیشن سمیت حکومت کے کسی نمایندہ کا بھی بیان سامنے آجاتا ہے کہ ہمیں ملازمین کے مسائل کا اندازہ ہے بجٹ میں ریلیف دیا جائے گا. یہ تمام تر باتیں بجٹ سے قبل کی جاتی ہیں جو کہ منظم سازش ہے لہذا ہماری حکومت سے اپیل ہے کہ لالی پاپ کی بجائے بجٹ میں وزیراعظم پاکستان کے دو سال قبل کیے گیے وعدہ کے مطابق تنخواہوں میں اضافہ کیا جائے اور ملازمین کا معاشی استحصال بند کیا جائے.   (Brave Ali)

Increase in Allowances

 

• HRA, Medical allowance, qualification increments are much more important. (Bilal Ahmad)

• Rates of everything (daily life items) are 500 times increased, in the previous budget only 5% of salaries were increased and in the same time, the huge tax was imposed thus decreasing the increase of 5% salaries. In this way the balance of the pay, scales is severely damaged Government jobs are thus devaluing by fewer salaries. It is requested to compensate for the balance which is badly affected by huge inflation. Phil allowance in Punjab, Baluchistan is Rs. 5000/- per month the same allowance in Federal, Sindh, and KPK is 2500/- per month.it must be uniform throughout Pakistan like Ph. D allowance. (Hamid Hussain)
• Medical Allowance Govt should discontinue and Insaf Health cards Government should issue to each Govt servant. (Muhammad Tahir Saeed)
• Technical allowance should be given to technical people like DAE diploma holders. (Ali Raza Haidri)

 

Budget and civil servants

 

• Every year budget approaches and civil servants expect that their salaries would be increased in an appropriate manner, but the government falls short of their expectations. Though a 10 percent increase is added to salaries, the increase in prices of essential commodities accompanied by direct taxes nullifies the increase in salaries. The government has benefited the employees of certain departments in the form of professional allowance, but the college and school teachers are deprived of this very allowance. Technicians of hospitals are also getting a professional allowance. Education serves as the base structure of the society; however, our rulers have yet to understand the important role education plays in the uplift of the society. Imagine college lecture gets 40000 salaries, while the PMS officer takes the start from Rs.80000/- or so. When I observe the lifestyle, I feel sorry for their conditions. College teachers be given BS Allowance Rs.10000/- Per month. The discrimination in salaries is rectified as it violates the very spirit of the 1973 constitution. (Professor Zia Ahmad Khan)

 

 

Up-gradation of Various Posts

 

• Raise the issue of stagnant post promotion/ timescale especially of BPS-16 because in most department BPS-16 posts are stagnant. And those who were remained deprived of special compensatory allowance. (Abid Hussain)
• Please raise voice for upgradation Data Entry Operators also. (Farooq Haider)
• The government should do the Up-gradation of federal clerical staff LDC, UDC, Assistant like provinces. (Arshad Ali)
• Upgradation of Federal LDCs UDC assistant superintendent is important. (Bakht Muhammad)
• The government should upgrade those all old Teachers who were appointed in BPs 07 or BPS 09 and they are still working in BPS 15. We want insaf from Tehrek Insaf ………ager humra ye mutalba bhi pura ho giya tu Allah ka shukar ho ga ……..plz forward this issue to high authorities …….(Muhammad Faisal Khan DM Kohat KPK)

• Pakistan post clerk employees Govt did not upgrade since 2016. What they are not human Do justice with Pakistan Post Employees. (Muhammad Naqi)

• Upgrade the scales of all Accounts Assistant in Federal Education Departments from BPS-14 to BPS-16. (Muhammad Amir)

• Federal clerical employee up-gradation is pending; Govt should upgrade them in this Budget 2020-21. (Nazir Khan)

• MOST PENDING CASE, Upgradation of federal LDCs UDC Government must consider. (Kalim Khan)
• Upgrade the isolation posts should do Government. (Salman Memon)
• They should give Up-gradation to the technical staff as non-technical are already enjoying many times while the technical are still deprived. (Rehman Ullah)
• Govt should upgrade the post of superintendent in BPS- 17 in Federal Institutions in this budget session. (Babar Naqvi)

 

Uniform Salary for All Pakistan Employees

 

1. Uniform salary structure across the country including all FG, Provincial Government, autonomous employees etc..
   2. The government should control prices rather than “only increase” in salaries.
   3. Since all Government employees are assumed to serve Pakistan at large, no special pay to be granted to only a few departments/ org etc.
   4. The government should introduce Health policies at the Govt level.
   5. they should improve Tax deduction in order to benefit the salaried one’s and to receive more from businessmen. They should trace the total assets of individuals and bring under tax circles. (Muhammad Zubair Khan)

(Demands/proposals for budget 2020)
1. Implement a uniform pay scale system throughout the country.

2. Some selected departments’ employees are getting plenty of allowances but others are deprived despite having the same pay scales. This is injustice. Provide utility allowance, health, executive, judicial and secretariat type of allowances, accommodation, and other facilities to deprived employees also.

3. Provide teaching allowance for teachers of higher education department equal to executive allowance.

4. Do not pay increase in Budget 2020-21 for the already privileged ones like secretariat, judicial, health employees, and bureaucracy as they are already fetching the perks and allowances. Only increase the salary of those employees who are only paying dependent without any perks and huge allowances. (Syed Touseef Shah)

 

What Others Say About Equal Pay and Allowances

 

• Constitutional Demand in light of article 25 of act ibid in respect of equity under the constitution as well as Islamic ideologies and prospect for “ONE PAKISTAN EQUAL RIGHTS” (Ghulam Mustafa Qadri Jappa)
• Equal salary Federal Government and province government Govt should do. (Shabbir Ahmad)

• We want equality in salaries of Federal Govt departments. (Arshad Ali)
• All Government Employees must have equal (Imran Malik)

• Be justice and two not only ONE Pakistan. (Naveed Hussain)
• We want only one Pakistan instead of 2. I think this includes the answer of all the questions.. (Fateh Jang)
• The government should equalize the salaries of all Pakistan employees and no more demand. Thus no need to Salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 (Mehak Hussain)

 

Miscellaneous Pay / Allowances /Pension

 

1. The minimum salary of an officer of grade 17 must be equal to only 1000 USD. (Hakim Din)

2. The government should consider the Salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 @ 20% with all taxes because inflation is increasing day by day. (Nafees Ahmed)
3. 5 % of extra house maintenance charges, deductions should stop for all employees only enough is the recovery of House Rent. (G F Fareed Farid)

4. سرکاری ملازمین و پنشرز کی تنخواہ اور پنش و فیملی پنشن کی کم از کم حد پچیس ہزار مقرر کی جائے ۔ اور اضافہ بیس سے تیس فی صد کیا جائے ۔
   ہر تنخواہ اور پنشن سے ایک فرد نہیں سارے خاندان ما ں باپ ، بہن بھائی ، بیوی بچے سب کی کفالت ہو رہی ہوتی ہے    (Arshad Ali Malik)

5- I think the pension Govt must increase to a minimum of 50% in the present economic crunch. More so house rent they should authorize to pensioner as well along with medical Treatment allowance as per the strength of the families, the doctors’ consultation fees, and costs of medicine should include as per market rates. If possible some portions of the Tuition fee Govt should pay as per the classes of the students. Pensioners are really living a miserable life. (Zulfiqar Ahmad)

6- تنخواہ میں اضافہ نہیں چاہیے بلکہ منگائی میں سوفیصد کمی چاہیئے اور اس پر کنٹرول چاہیئے  (Syed Nadir Shah)

7- The demand for the old pensioners is that there should be a minimum Rs. 30000/- per month along with suitable Salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 for the civil servants. (Muhammad Tufail)

 

 

Regularization of Employees and Pay Protection

 

1. Pakistan Railway TLA employees should be regularized. (Tayyaba Zafar)
2. Educators in Punjab, Govt should do pay protection and counting of contract service. (Saifullah Gujjar)
3. Daily wagers of every department should be permanent as a lot of daily wagers is working for many years. (Touqeer Haider)
4. Give attention to contract employees and Regularize him in this budget. (Haroon Ahmed)
5. The government should regularize Rescue 1122 employees. (Waqas Chishty)

 

Bottom Lines:

 

Keeping in view the current situation of the employees of Pakistan, the Government of Pakistan should consider Salary Increase in Budget 2020-21 at a suitable level for the employees. I hope the honourale Prime Minister of Pakistan will look in the matter of the salaries of the Govt employees and do the best for the civil servants.