PTI govt raised EOBI pension by 62 per cent within one year: PM Imran.

ISLAMABAD -- In another step towards state of Madina, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government has increased the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pension by 62 per cent from Rs5250 to 8500 within first year of its tenure, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday.

Taking to the social networking website, Twitter, PM Imran said, 'This helps us provide pensioners' security in their post-retirement years.'

He noted that much of this contribution comes from improving the Institution itself.

Earlier in the day, Special Assistant of Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Zulfiqar Bukhari, had announced an increase of...