Dr. Baljit Kaur highlights Punjab Government’s achievements in 2024, focusing on women empowerment, health initiatives, pension schemes, and significant job placement camps.

[New Era] Finance minister Ericah Shafudah has poured cold water on proposals to increase the old age pension to N$5000 per month.

📺 Watch Dawn News Live Stream: Major Relief for Private Employees: Old Age Pension Approved | Breaking News | Dawn News نجی اداروں کے ملازمین کو اولڈ ایج پنشن دینے کا حکم #OldAgePension #PrivateEmployees #EmployeeRights #PensionReform #PakistanNews #CourtOrder #LabourRights #BreakingNews #breakingnews #newsheadlines #pakistannewsurdu #livenews #latestpakistannews #latestnews #pakistannewstoday #dawnnews Dawn News TV is one of the leading news channels in Pakistan, bringing you the latest news and current affairs from Pakistan and around the world.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the old-age pension grant will not be increased from N$1 600 to N$3 000 this year, as youth development is the present budgetary priority. During a courtesy visit by newly elected International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry at State House on Saturday, Nandi-Ndaitwah said the lion’s share of the budget is earmarked for youth-related infrastructure development. In June last year, Nandi-Ndaitwah, then vice president and Swapo presidential candidate, promised to increase the monthly old-age pension grant from N$1 600 to N$3 000 if elected. This came after statements by former president Hage Geingob in December 2023, expressing his hope that the pension grant would be increased to N$2 000 or N$3 000. In January 2024, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation reported that over 202 000 pensioners received the monthly grant. “I have to kneel down to my parents, the pensioners, because I had to take a very difficult decision … my pensioners can you please understand and allow me to pay attention to infrastructure that are required to the development of our youth,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said on Saturday. The president said empowering young Namibians would give them the capacity to take care of the country’s elders. “I beg my parents, the pensioners to understand that this year around, I may not put anything on them. I will consider them next year,” she said. The president emphasised that, as part of Swapo’s manifesto, sport has been highlighted as an essential component of social development and youth empowerment. Therefore, she has prioritised the development of sporting infrastructure in the country. Currently, the old-age pension grant amounts to N$1 600, following an increase of N$200 in 2024. POLITICAL GIMMICK Political scientist Rui Tyitende said over the weekend that Nandi-Ndaitwah’s promise to increase the old-age pension was nothing but a political gimmick, adding that Swapo has mastered the art of language and promises directed towards an electorate desperate for improved living standards. “However, the [elderly] should adjust back to reality now that the campaign is over. They should also understand that politics is, to a large extent, the art of lies, manipulation and deception,” he said. Tyitende said this is not the first time a politician made promises and not delivered. “It will definitely not be the last [time]. Perhaps they should wait for the 2029 elections if biology permits for their promises to be fulfilled,” he said. * Additional reporting by Nampa The post N$3 000 to come later, NNN tells pensioners appeared first on The Namibian.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has announced that increasing the old-age social grant can only be done within the 2025/26 medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), which spans the next three to five years. Nandi-Ndaitwah, while delivering her maiden state of the nation address in parliament on Thursday, said while she supports the gradual increment of the old-age pension from N$1 600 to N$3 000, the government cannot afford an increment this year. “We had to take the very difficult decision this financial year not to increase the old-age social grants. This is due to the urgent need to prioritise our children, the young people, by constructing sport infrastructure and funding youth-related empowerment initiatives that will lead to job creation for our youth. “I give you my assurances that the incremental increase of our old-age social grants will start during this MTEF,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said. The old-age pension grant currently has 217 870 beneficiaries, with N$5.49 billion allocated for social grants, which includes N$979 million towards veterans welfare. The post Nandi-Ndaitwah says pension increase promised will be planned in 3-5 years appeared first on The Namibian.

Lukato advocates for social grant increase in maiden address in National Assembly NBC Online Wed, 04/16/2025 - 20:40

Rachel Maddow shares video of Donald Trump talking with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele about his intention to deport American citizens to prison in El Salvador. Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights law...