Lahore: The Government of Punjab has prepared a summary called Policy of Self Hiring for provincial government employees, reported a news source. The summary has been prepared by the Services and General Administration Department.
According to this summary, the Punjab government should pursue a federal reacquisition policy for housing of its employees, where those who do not receive government residence should be given a housing allowance. The department has recommended the government to offer residences to 64% of provincial employees. At the moment, only 31% employees have been given residence by the provincial government.
Under the housing allowance, an amount of over PKR 500 million will be spent every year. 69% of employees of the Punjab Government have not been given residences over the last two decades.
