Rewarding performance: NAB employees will receive 100% bonus

Summary to increase the salaries on a permanent basis has also been approved by Prime Minister.

LAHORE:

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) employees will be laughing all the way to the bank.

They will receive a 100% bonus on their basic salary, while a summary to increase the salaries of the bureau’s employees on a permanent basis has also been approved by Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, sources told The Express Tribune.

NAB had forwarded the summary to Ashraf through the ministry of finance, requesting an increase of 100% in basic pay, as well as a rise in the monthly salary equalling the amount paid for 22 days, sources said.

The prime minister approved the 100% increase in basic pay, but rejected NAB’s request to increase the monthly salary equalling 22 days.

A spokesman for the top anti-corruption body confirmed it had sent the summary through proper channels, but it has yet to receive a formal letter of approval.

NAB officials added that it might be possible Premier Ashraf has given the go-ahead for the new scheme, but the ministry of finance has not issued a formal notification in this regard.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2^nd, 2013.