KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar has approved the payment of one-month fire risk allowance for the staff of Fire Brigade Department.
The allowance of Rs24 million will be paid to the staff before Eidul Fitr whereas payment of remaining amount shall also be worked out under the procedure. He said this while chairing a meeting of fire brigade which was attended by municipal commissioner Dr Saif-ur-Rehman, Financial Advisor Dr Asghar Abbas Shaikh, Chief Fire Officer Tehsin-ur-Rehman and other officers.
The mayor said payment of the allowance is being made to enable fire staff and their families to observe Eid in a better way so that their financial problems could be resolved. Akhtar said that the fire brigade staff perform its duty in all sorts of conditions and put their lives in danger while saving the lives and property of citizens.
He said: “The fire department of KMC is being made better and the problems of staff will also be resolved gradually.”