The corporate sector has made a profit of Rs980 billion, Prime Minister Imran Khan stated on January 24 during the telecast of the fifth ‘Aap Ka Wazir Azam Aap Ke Sath,’ a town-hall-style show where the premier takes questions from the public.
“I’d call them and tell them they need to raise their employees’ salaries because you’ve never made such a profit before,” Prime Minister Khan stated.
Salman Iqbal, President and CEO of ARY Digital Network, announced a wage boost for lower-level employees on Friday, in response to Prime Minister Khan’s call for corporations to improve employee salaries.
Salman Iqbal stated that employees earning up to Rs20,000 per month will receive an increase of 80%. “With Allah Almighty’s favour and the team’s countless efforts, we have achieved this milestone,” he stated.
“I appreciate President & CEO of Ary Digital Network Salman Iqbal for responding to my call & raising salaries of employees. I am appealing to other companies who have made record profits during the past year to also raise salaries of their employees” Prime minister also Appreciated Salman Iqbal.
I appreciate President & CEO of Ary Digital Network Salman Iqbal for responding to my call & raising salaries of employees. I am appealing to other companies who have made record profits during the past year to also raise salaries of their employees. pic.twitter.com/ss9tGjFWxA
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 28, 2022
Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning and Development, congratulated Iqbal on Twitter, saying, “Well done @Salman ARY for substantially boosting ARY employees’ salary.” In recent years, many corporations have made extraordinary profits. I hope that others will follow suit and share the extra profits with their employees by raising their wages.”
Well done @Salman_ARY for increasing salaries of ARY employees substantially. Big business houses have made exceptional profits in the last couple of years. Hope others will also follow and share the increased profitability with their workers by increasing their salaries
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 28, 2022
“Our salaried class has been affected by inflation,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said, praising Salman Iqbal. “Such steps will help this section of society navigate inflation.”
شکریہ سلمان اقبالARY کی طرح باقی میڈیا بھی ذمہ داری کا احساس کریں اور منافع کے ثمرات لوگوں تک پہنچائیں ہمارا تنخواہ دار طبقہ مہنگائ سے متاثر ہوا ہے اور ایسے اقدامات اس طبقے کو مہنگائ سے نبٹنے میں معاون ہوں گے،صحت کارڈ کے ذریعے حکومت نےمیڈیکل اخراجات کا خرچ پہلے ہی اپنے ذمہ لیا ہے pic.twitter.com/egwg9OTiwV
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 28, 2022
“@salman ARY took the initiative to share some of [the] profit with his staff,” remarked Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib. Others should do the same for their staff.”
As Prime Minister @imrankhanpti requested all businessmen to share their exceptional profit with their employees during his live Q&A with nation, @salman_ARY took the initiative to share part of profit with his employees. Others should also pass on benefit to their employees. https://t.co/Kb5RRJTwPW
— Farrukh Habib (@FarrukhHabibISF) January 28, 2022
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