The finance minister added that the government has proposed an increase of 15% in the salaries of government employees and a rise of 5% in pensions.
A special allowance of 15% has also been proposed for the government employees of grades 1-19 in a bid to curtail the gap between inflation and the income rate, he said.
Laghari added the government has also proposed increasing the minimum wage of labourers from Rs20,000 to 25,000, while Rs435 billion have been proposed for salaries, Rs312 billion for pensions, and Rs528 billion for local governments.