Cheaper airfares among sops for Pakistanis to remit cash digitally – ZAWYA

Cheaper airfares among sops for Pakistanis to remit cash digitally – ZAWYA

cheaper airfares among sops for pakistanis to remit cash digitally the incentives will be rolled out in the next two months    pension schemethe government will also launch a pension scheme for overseas pakistanis. "we are going to bring informal workers like labourers, drivers, cooks and other domestic workers in the employees' old-age benefits institution (eobi). they will have the opportunity to contribute towards their pension. so we are bringing in an informal economy that has about 45 million pakistanis. with pakistan being a huge economy, we have to think out of the box and make the eobi the largest pension fund in the country. this came as bukhari visited the khaleej times headquarters on saturday. he revealed that the government has increased pension under the eobi from rs5,250 to rs8,500 in the past 18 months. "the plan is that before we end our term, the pension should match with the minimum wage of rs15,000." covid-19 impact on pakistanisduring his two-day visit to the uae, bukhari met uae minister for human resources and emiratisation nasser bin thani juma al hamli to discuss challenges faced by pakistanis in the uae and opportunities for them in the post-covid period. on saturday, the