{"id":64794,"date":"2020-04-29T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64794"},"modified":"2020-04-29T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:33:18","slug":"sindh-approves-covid-19-relief-ordinance-facilitate-jobs-security-reduction-fees-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-approves-covid-19-relief-ordinance-facilitate-jobs-security-reduction-fees-bills.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh approves COVID-19 Relief Ordinance to facilitate jobs security, reduction in fees &#038; bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The provincial cabinet on Monday approved the \u2018Sindh COVID-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance 2020\u2019 to facilitate private sector jobs security, reduction in school fees, and discount provisions (at various stages) in electricity bills, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-local-govt-offices-resume-business-operations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local govt offices in Karachi to resume business operations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial chief minister (CM) chaired the meeting during which the relief ordinance was approved and dispatched to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-directs-sindh-governor-plan-more-uplift-projects-for-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh Governor Imran Ismail<\/a> for ratification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ordinance ensures that no employee would be removed from their job and those working in the private sector would timely receive their salaries. The emergency ordinance also states school fees to be waived off by 20 percent for the months of April and May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-screening-testing-zone-inaugurated-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 Screening &amp; Testing Zone inaugurated in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was further informed that although the relief ordinance protected the jobs, it allowed the employers to implement deductions in salaries. Additionally, the ordinance demands that the private sector companies pay employees their salaries on time. The ordinance further states that electricity bills will be given discounts at various stages. Furthermore, discounts on house rent and gas consumptions are also included in the relief ordinance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The provincial cabinet on Monday approved the \u2018Sindh COVID-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance 2020\u2019 to facilitate private sector jobs security, reduction in school fees, and discount provisions (at various stages) in electricity bills, a news source reported. Read: Local govt offices in Karachi to resume business operations The provincial chief minister (CM) chaired the meeting during which the relief ordinance was approved and dispatched to Sindh Governor Imran Ismail for ratification. The ordinance ensures that no employee would be removed from their job and those working in the private sector would timely receive their salaries. The emergency ordinance also states school fees to be waived off by 20 percent for the months of April and May. Read: COVID-19 Screening &amp; Testing Zone inaugurated in Karachi The meeting was further informed that although the relief ordinance protected the jobs, it allowed the employers to implement deductions in salaries. Additionally, the ordinance demands that the private sector companies pay employees their salaries on time. The ordinance further states that electricity bills will be given discounts at various stages. Furthermore, discounts on house rent and gas consumptions are also included in the relief ordinance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15020],"tags":[27507,27506,27505,27504],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-discount-provisions","10":"tag-jobs-security","11":"tag-reduction-in-school-fees","12":"tag-sindh-covid-19-emergency-relief-ordinance-2020","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sindh approves COVID-19 Relief Ordinance jobs security - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The provincial cabinet on Monday approved the \u2018Sindh COVID-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance 2020\u2019 to facilitate private sector jobs security\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-approves-covid-19-relief-ordinance-facilitate-jobs-security-reduction-fees-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindh approves COVID-19 Relief Ordinance jobs security - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The provincial cabinet on Monday approved the \u2018Sindh COVID-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance 2020\u2019 to facilitate private sector jobs security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-approves-covid-19-relief-ordinance-facilitate-jobs-security-reduction-fees-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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