PoK: Govt. employees protest as authorities fail to implement salary-hike

Aug 23, 2022

Muzaffarabad, PoK, 23 August 2022: - Government employees and pensioners took to streets in Pakistan occupied Kashmir to demonstrate against the Federal government of Pakistan, which has failed to deliver on its promises of raising government employees’ salaries by 15%. Sloganeering against the government, the protesters said that they were supposed to receive the hike from July but nothing has been done so far. Despite the salary issue featuring in this year’s budget, the employees say they have not been notified as yet as to when they will be receiving their appraised salaries. Protesters complained that the soaring inflation had already shaken their domestic budgets and by not showing even modicum of alacrity, Islamabad was turning a blind eye to their plight. The calls made by the demonstrators have resonated with employees across the region and the protests are intensifying by the day. They said that they were not going to give up until their demand of expediting the salary issue was addressed.