Government employees announce strike on 21 June against failure to increase salaries

ISLAMABAD: Government employees have announced a strike on 21 June after their salaries were not increased in the Federal Budget 2013-2014.

For the first time in the history there was no increase in the salaries of government employees. Government employees did receive a ten percent increase in their pensions in the budget.

The minimum pension was also increased from Rs3,000 to Rs5,000 in the budget.