Pakistan, June 22 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has called on the government and employers to increase salaries for private sector workers, arguing that employees outside the public sector have been left without meaningful relief despite rising inflation.

Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, Hafiz Naeem criticized the federal budget, saying it failed to provide substantial benefits to ordinary citizens. He stated that while government employees received a 7 percent salary increase, inflation had risen by around 8 percent, effectively reducing purchasing power rather than improving living standards.

He noted that private sector workers were not given any salary relief in the latest budget and urged authorities to ta...