Pakistan, June 11 -- The Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party (PMKP) strongly rejected the federal budget for 2025-26, calling it anti-people. PMKP central chairman Afzal Shah Khamosh said the budget harms millions of workers across the country. He expressed full support for the ongoing protest and sit-in by government employees in Islamabad.

Khamosh criticized the government for raising workers' salaries and pensions by only 10 percent, far below inflation. He called this increase unfair and a mockery of workers' legitimate demands for class justice. Meanwhile, he pointed out, the elite class received huge salary raises in secret.

He highlighted that top officials, including the Senate chairman and Supreme Court judges, get salaries and benefi...