Federal doctors to get salaries equal to Punjab doctors

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister has approved a summary to bring allowances of federal doctors on a par with Punjab.

According to documents, the Health Ministry had sent a summary to the prime minister suggesting an increase in healthcare allowance, health professional allowance, teaching allowance and non-practicing allowance for doctors serving in federal hospitals equivalent to doctors serving in Punjab. The ministry proposed a measure for doctors, similar to nurses in federal hospitals, who received an increment in allowances recently.

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The summary proposed to give 75 percent special healthcare allowance, 75 percent health professional allowance, 75 percent non- practicing allowance and 75 percent teaching allowance to basic pay scale (BPS)  17 and 18 doctors according to initial basic salary in 2018.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 21^st, 2019.