NA panel flags delay in OPF workers' minimum daily wage
Committee chair Syed Rafiullah said OPF had lagged private firms on the June 2026 rates, while the federal secretary pledged board approval within days.
The NA Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis criticised the failure to apply Budget 2026-27 minimum daily wage rates for OPF workers.
Rates announced in the June 2026 budget session remain unimplemented at OPF after about four months.
Federal Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry said the ministry board would pass a resolution within a few days.
The panel urged ministry boards to pay revised minimum wages as soon as the federal government announces them.
On the Sorrange coal mine incident, Balochistan suspended five officials; the committee proposed Rs3 million grants for affected workers.