Widows of LG employees to get pension

The Punjab government restores the power for clearing appointments made through the children quota

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has restored the power to the local government for clearing appointments made through the children quota.

The government has also decided that the widows of employees who died during their service will now receive pensions instead of salaries. Previously, the widows received salaries until the time when the deceased employees would have naturally reached the age of superannuation and would thereafter receive their pensions.

The decision, however, has angered the All Pakistan Local Government Workers Federation whose chairman, Zulfiqar Shah, and provincial chairman, Ghulam Muhammad Naaz, have termed these decisions as cruel.

They stated the people appointed by the mayor, and the chairmen of the district councils were being sacked, which was not acceptable. Moreover, they criticised the decision to only pay widows pensions of their deceased spouse instead of salaries until the age of superannuation.

They warned that employees of municipal bodies will go on strike if the decision was not reversed.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 15^th, 2019.