FINANCE Minister Ishaq Dar had announced a few days bacl< that EOBI pensioners would receive, with effect from April 1, a minimum pension of Rs5,250 a month.
This is a gross negation of the earlier announcement made at the time of the 2014 federal budget that EOBI pensioners would receive a minimum pension of Rs6,000 a month effective July 1, 2014.
The date of the increase has also beenadvanced by nine months, that is April 1,2015 instead of July 1, 2014.
This is a negation of the minister`s statement, as well as injustice to the poor and elderly pensioners. The government should reconsider the matter and increase the amount of the pension to Rs6,000 a month.
