LAKKI MARWAT: The local chapter of All Retired Government Employees Coordination Council has asked the government to announce a significant increase in their pensions and restore the job quota for employees’ sons before May 25 otherwise they would stage a sit-in protest in Islamabad.

The warning came at a meeting presided over by the council chairman Sifatullah Khan here on Friday. The participants regretted that the government was not paying heed to solution of problems being faced by the pensioners.

Mr Khan said that the federal government should accept all their demands, including cent per cent increase in their pension in upcoming budget, restoration of the employees’ son quota in jobs and increase in medical allowance.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2017