Balochistan govt releases funds for salaries of university employees

Balochistan govt releases funds for salaries of university employees

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has released over Rs 1 billion to pay salaries and pensions of university employees across the province.

The Finance Department issued a notification confirming the disbursement. It allocated Rs 520 million to the University of Balochistan and Rs 180 million to BUITEMS.

It also released Rs 200 million to Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University and Rs 100 million to Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences.

This amount will cover salaries and pensions up to June.

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Notably, employees of the University of Balochistan had been protesting for the past month due to non-payment of salaries.

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