Sindh government increases salaries and pensions

Social welfare allocation increased by 17%

KARACHI: In its budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year, the Sindh government announced a 10% interim raise in salaries of public sector employees as well as a 10% increase in pensions.

Allocations for house rent allowance and rent have also been increased by 50%. During his speech, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced the raise in pensions, salaries and house rents of public sector employees.

Individual pensions have been raised from Rs6,000 to Rs10,000 while the family pension has been increased from Rs4,500 to Rs7,500. The lowest pension announced for pensioners above 75 years is Rs15,000. The Sindh government has also increased support staff’s overtime salary by 100%. This means support staff, drivers, dispatch riders and others will receive Rs80 per hour as overtime instead of Rs40 per hour.



The Sindh government will provide Rs5.1 billion in subsidies on grain to sell flour at cheaper rates during the next fiscal year. Rs4.2 billion has been designated as cash compensation to be distributed amongst poor and needy families during Ramazan. Rs55 million has been kept for the health insurance of Sindh Secretariat employees and the government has also decided to allocate a universal death insurance of Rs100,000 to be provided to the families of people who die in accidents. It has allocated Rs2.2 billion for this purpose.

The government has increased the funds allocated for social welfare by 17% in this year’s budget, making it Rs1.87 billion, with the Child Protection Authority getting Rs200 million. The Pakistan Sweet Home orphanages will be allocated Rs36 million and HANDS, a non-governmental organisation, will be allocated Rs250 million.

Ongoing Annual Development Programme (ADP) schemes will be allocated Rs275 million and the population welfare department has been allocated Rs411 million. The budget also allocated funds for legal aid for women and children in prisons with an amount of Rs135 million. The Sindh government also allocated Rs100 million for the victims of acid attacks, for their medical needs and rehabilitation. The population welfare department’s ongoing schemes will be allocated Rs250 million in the current budget.



The budget fort the protection and advancement of labourers has been increased by 9% to Rs760 million.

The Sindh government’s budget for minorities has seen an increase of up to 45% with an allocation of Rs848 million in the upcoming fiscal year, including a grant of Rs750 million. Ongoing provincial ADP schemes related to minorities have been allocated Rs1.5 billion, which includes Rs370 million for the Sadh Belo temple in Sukkur.