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ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader of National Assembly Mian Shehbaz Sharif has demanded at least 10 percent increase in salaries of government employees and said that government’s decision to not raise salaries especially of lower scale employees is totally unacceptable.

In a tweet on social networking site twitter Sunday, President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif has said that PML-N, during its tenure raised salaries of the government employees and provided them housing allowance and other benefits.

He said that government employees, pensioners and poor have been left at the mercy of the worst inflation and economic hardships.

Shehbaz Sharif has said that for the first time in 68 years the growth rate has been turned into negative figures.

While criticising the current government he said such poor performance is a charge sheet against the Niazi government.

He further said that inflation has crossed all limits and health expenditure has also increased, so not increasing salaries of government employees in these circumstances is injustice.

Shehbaz Sharif further said that there are no programs in budget to create jobs and reduce poverty in the country. Budget does not include any program that provides relief to farmers despite that fact that agricultural sector is suffering a decline of 2.9 percent, he added.—NNI