62 % top up in EOBI pension result of PTI's 20-month efforts: Zulfikar Bukhari.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari Wednesday said an increase of 30 per cent in annuity of the EOBI pensioners, announced by the federal cabinet, was a manifestation of Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision about raising living standards of downtrodden segments of the society.

'With the recent increase in annuity, the pensioners of Employees Old-Age Benefit Institutions enjoy a top up of total 62 per cent during the last 20 months of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government which is striving hard to bring reforms in non-performing departments,' he said in an official statement after the federal cabinet meeting.

The SAPM said the pensioners would start getting Rs 8,500 per month with immediate effect.The government had already enhanced the pension by 30 per cent in the last year, he added.

'The government intends to take the pension to Rs 15,000 during its five year-term by giving an overall 130 per cent raise. By the grace of the Almighty, we will achieve this target,' Zulfikar Bukhari resolved.

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