Musharraf underlines pay-raise of govt. employees in upcoming Budget
'Pakistan Times' Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday directed the authorities concerned to control the rate of inflation in the upcoming budget, urging for pay-raise in government employees’ pay scale.

The decision regarding his participation in the upcoming presidential polls will be based within the constitution limits, he maintained.

The president was speaking to a delegation of public representatives of Pakistan Muslim League belonging to Sargodha, Faisalabad and Toba Tek Singh that called on him.

During the meeting, the PML representatives discussed political situation and on-going development projects in their respective areas.

The meeting was attended by PML President Ch Shujat Hussain, PML Secretary General Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed besides the other high level government officials.

In the meeting, the president believed that it is an important responsibility of the public representatives to personally supervise the pace of progress on developmental projects and socio economic uplift of the people in their constituencies in order to ensure their timely completion.

Development Projects

President Musharraf said it is an important responsibility of the public representatives to personally supervise the pace of progress on developmental projects and socio-economic uplift of the people in their constituencies in order to ensure their timely completion.

During the meeting, the PML representatives discussed political situation and on-going development projects in their respective areas.●