Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published in “Day: July 20, 2013

: G-B’s govt employees resentful of discrepancies in pay

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, July 20 GILGIT: There is deep-rooted resentment among Gilgit-Baltistan’s civil servants as their demands for equal pay status with federal bureaucrats posted in G-B continue to go unheard. The ‘Transition Plan Committee 2009’ had approved equal pay package for G-B civil servants in office management service, legal advisory service and district management service. Although the plan is yet to be implemented for G-B employees, the finance division quickly…

Pakistan may go to world court if India pursues Ratle Dam project

by Ansar Abbasi in the News, July 20 ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has made it clear that Pakistan wants the Indus Water Treaty with India to be implemented in earnest as it is vital for Islamabad. “It is a matter of life and death for us,” FO spokesman Azaz Ahmad Chaudhry told The News when asked about Pakistan’s stance on the recent launch of a mega 850MW Hydro Electric Project named Ratle in Jammu and…