The Punjab Assembly on Monday proposed a 10 per cent increase in the salaries of government employees and a 5 per cent hike in pensions for retired officials as part of the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2025–26.
This was announced by Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman during the budget session.
The 10pc salary hike will apply to all provincial government employees, while retired public servants will receive a 5pc increment in their monthly pensions.
The increases are part of the Rs2,706.5 billion non-development expenditure allocation, which also includes funding for salaries, pensions, and administrative costs.
These measures were passed alongside other major development initiatives, including Rs72 billion for the Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital in Lahore and Rs148 billion for education sector development, which features new classroom construction and expanded scholarship programmes.