By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government employees boycotted their duties on Wednesday after their special allowances were declared null from 2011 onwards. On the directives of the Ministry of Finance in Islamabad, the G-B finance department issued a notification on June 4, 2013 stating the special allowances given to G-B government employees were declared seized from 2011 onwards. The notification further asked concerned authorities to recover the amount paid after…
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GILGIT, June 12: Employees of various departments, including civil secretariat, on Wednesday observed a pen down strike to demand revocation of a federal government notification withdrawing a special allowance paid to government workers in the region. The region’s all employees association had given call for the strike. Routine work was suspended in all offices and people visiting these offices faced problems. The employees wore black ribbons on their hands. They had also displayed banners in…