ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government had decided to raise salaries of the Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel by 15 per cent like other civil armed forces.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had given his approval in that regard on February 18, he said in a statement. The ASF employees would get an increase in their salary from March 1, he added.

The minister said the prime minister had approved a 15 per cent increase in the salaries of the civil armed forces last week. The government had already announced a 15 per cent disparity allowance for the federal government employees from grades 1-19, he added.