Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday said the government hadn’t increased the minimum wage in the budget for the financial year 2025-26 and it would remain at Rs37,000 per month.
The finance minister didn’t mention about the minimum wage in his budget speech on Tuesday, as he announced Pakistan’s federal budget 2025-26 “for a competitive economy” on Tuesday, targeting a modest 4.2% growth for the coming fiscal year, compared to 2.7% expected in the outgoing FY25.
The budget was announced with a total outlay of Rs17.6 trillion, down 7% or Rs1.3 trillion as compared to the Rs18.9 trillion budgeted outlay of FY25.
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Last year, the government increased the minimum per month wage to Rs37,000 from previously Rs32,000. However, the government has kept it unchanged this year.
This comes despite a demand from a key ally of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) led government, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to increase the minimum wage to Rs50,000.
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