The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) announced, on Tuesday, that it would raise pensions for elderl
y people by 20 percent.
Previously, elderl
y people received Rs5,250 but now they would be receiving Rs6,500.
Earlier, Seemabia Tahir, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker of the
treasury benches in Punjab Assembly had demanded that the government fix Rs10,000 as pension and ensure provis
ion of quality facilities to aged artists who spent their entire lives in show business industry. Seemabia made her demands through a resolution she submitted in Punjab Assem
bly Secretariat.
The legislator had argued that artists played a phenomenal role in promoting the culture and tradit
ion of the country and the previous government had neither done anything for them and nor intr
oduced any policies to make their lives easier following retirement.
Published in Daily Times, November 28th 2018.
