Amid proposals for austerity measures including downsizing clerical staff (60 percent reduction) and deletion of vacant posts to curtail mounting expenditure, the Prime Minister has approved appointments of over one dozen consultants ( Management Pay scales and Special Professional Pay Scale) with salary packages upto Rs. 2 million per month.
The document states that the PM has approved appointments of over one dozen consultants with salaries ranging from Rs. 305,502 to Rs. 2 million per month salary package.
PM has approved the appointment of Dr Nayab Babar as Project Director/Chief Investment Officer (PPS-12), PM initiatives support for IT startups, specialized IT training, and Venture Capital under the Ministry of Information and Telecom for a period of two years for a minimum Rs. 875,000 salary.
PM has approved the appointment of Dr. Awais e Siraj as a member of Implementation and Monitoring, Amena Ali Kamil as a member of development communication and Dr Sohaib ul Hasan as a member Private Sector Development and Devolution (Initial of SPPS-1 scale) under the Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives on contract for period of two years.
Meanwhile, PM has also approved the appointments of Dr Shazia Ghani and Nizamuddin Arshad as Team lead MP-1 scale on contract for a period of three years.
Similarly, the PM also approved the appointments of Zahid Hussain Shiekh, and Arsalan Ahmed, as senior Associate MP-II Scale, Finance and Economy on contract for a period of three years.
Furthermore, the premier has also approved the appointment of Muhammad Ahmed and Yasir Arafat as Senior Associate MP-II scale Energy on contract for a period of three years.
In addition, the PM also okayed the appointment of Muhammad Dawood as senior Associate MP-II special projects and Initiative PM office on contract for a period of three years.
Furthermore, PM also approved the appointment of Rizwan Ahmed as Research Associate MP-III scale, Research and Development, Sikandar e Azam as Digital Communication Officer MP-III Information and Broadcasting division, Shoaib Khan DG Telecom Wireless MP-11 scale Information Technology and Telecommunication Division and Aisha Tauqir as Research Associate MP-III scale Research and Development on contract for period of three years.
Under the approved policy, the government is giving over Rs. 0.9 million salaries to MP-1 scale which includes Rs. 629,230 basic pay, Rs. 146,450 house rent, Rs. 28,500 utilities and Rs. 95,910 transport monetization.
The salary package of MP-II includes Rs. 263,180 basic pay, Rs. 95,700 house rent, Rs. 11,970 utilities and Rs. 77,430 monetization transport allowance.
Moreover, the salary package of MP-III includes Rs. 184,230 basic pay, Rs. 47,850 house rent, Rs. 8,380 utilities and Rs. 65,060 monetization transport allowance.
Likewise, the approved remuneration structure for four different grades of SPPS, involves an all-inclusive remuneration package of Rs. 2 million for SPPS-1, up to Rs. 1.5 million for SPPS-II, Rs. 1 million for SPPS-III, and Rs. 500,000 per month for SPPS-IV.
Similarly, the minimum salary package of Project Pay scale PPS-1 starts from Rs. 28,000 to PPS 22 Rs. 875,000 excluding the increments.
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We can only ask Allah for mercy on Pakistan, there is no other way now.
When people sit quietly in their homes, watch the circus going on in the country as spectators, and do not come out on the roads, such developments are natural. We have genuine complaints but we shall not act. Then continue to suffer.
They should have hired andul Rehman from EICH PAKISTAN YOUTUBE.. he has the best ideas and would have worked for free
How.???
Wah wah
Firing alot of employees and hiring private people with high pay . Why not tell them to work for free ?
This time pakistan is going to break
A rich country in the hands of illiterate managers .
Much better deal, rather than the 14 grade babu, who’s corruption is 20 times compared to his salary.
Pro Pakistani wants to see clerks at these posts?
Assalam O Alaykum
Hiring consultants on very high salary package must be stopped. This is Pakistani tax payer money, don’t waste such money just for nothing. We may use the services from current working professional in different institutions, such as PIDE, AERC, PERI, etc to get valuable input for the betterment of our country Pakistan.
Best wishes
Bravo to you Sir!!
Waooooo Clark,s are much expensive by the grace of pakistani government
Here we go again dumb people making dumb choices. What is the point of firing 60% of clerks? if you are hiring 12 people with the same amount. I have been saying for months these dumb, headless, and useless people are tearing our country apart.
اس کو کہتے ھیں بھاگتے چور کی لنگوٹی
This PM is super idiot . Rather taking cost saving measures he is burdening Pakistan. He is trying to run the country just like he ran Punjab state.
This is a comparison of apples and oranges. The positions mentioned are for policy making. Obviously clerks are not capable of doing that.
Allah muaf kry faisly kerny walon ko. Per q kry, jo haal awam ka hai, wo humari wajja sy he hai. Pta nai ab kon saa inqelaab aye ga.
Babu loog 100 ruppy lety thy to ab consultant sahiban ko to 10000 ruppy deny hon gy.
Jesi awam, waisy hukmeran
These 12 people will conclude that hiring them was the best decision.
It would improve the effectiveness of the article if the purpose of hiring consultants is also included. There must have been a job description.
To he honest we just need an offline deployment of chatgpt to replace almost every single clerk, most teachers, lawyers, engineers and especially the legislative bodies. Also, chatgpt can take the role of writing+reading the articles while everyone can join protest for ik.