Lahore: All Pakistan FBR employees have declared a nationwide pen-down strike on Friday (tomorrow) to highlight their demand for wage hike and hike in fuel allowance.
In a press release issued Wednesday, FBR employees, including assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners, said they had submitted a charter of demands to the federal government for sympathetic consideration. He said that if their demands were not met, they would widen the scope of the protest. He said that he had already informed the FBR president about his grievances.
He said that the government had announced hike in salary and various allowances for employees of IB, FIA and other institutions in the recent budget, but denied incentives to FBR employees despite the fact that they were on the government agenda. was given. , “This is sheer discrimination against employees who work day and night to collect revenue and contribute to national progress,” the press release said.
It is ironic that the FBR employees who played a vital role in the economic development of the country were themselves deprived of a decent increase in salary and allowances, he lamented. He demanded that the government give an increase equivalent to five basic pay, a special revenue allowance and a fuel allowance of up to Rs 30,000 for those in Grade 17 and above.
“It is sad to see that the budget did not meet the demands of the FBR employees. In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, the employees said the long-standing demand for a freeze on the IJP allowance has been once again ignored.
He said that the FBR employees put in their utmost efforts to meet the huge revenue targets being assigned to them. “This is evidenced by the fact that while the rest of the country, including federal and provincial departments, had five working days a week, FBR employees have sacrificed their weekends by attending their offices for six days over the past six months,” the agitators said.
Published in Dawn, June 16, 2022