ISLAMABAD: Engineers serving in federal government’s departments will stage a protest in Islamabad on Wednesday (today) against what they said discriminatory approach of the government for not providing them technical allowance, which is given to their counterparts in provinces.

Secretary Information of Federal Association of Government Engineers (FAGE), Engineer Johar Ali said engineers of federal government, attached departments and autonomous bodies had left with no option but to protest against the disparity in salary and perks.

He said thousands of engineers would stage protest in Islamabad on Wednesday.

A press release issued by FAGE demanded the federal government to do away with this discrimination, as promised and assured by the Government in replying to the Calling Attention Notice in National Assembly of Pakistan dated on May 24.

The association demands that special engineering/technical allowance, which is 1.5 times of the basic pay, must be incorporated in the Federal Budget for fiscal year 2021-22.

An engineer serving in Capital Development Authority (CDA) said that there are around 12,000 engineers in federal government departments.

Published in Dawn, June 9th, 2021