Islamabad: The Pakistan government, which is driven by a financial crunch, has stopped the salaries of Pakistani diplomats working in different embassies or missions.

Sources told Pakistan Today that the government did not deposit the salaries to Pakistani diplomats for the last two months adding that Even some of the diplomats spent the Eid-ul- Fitr without getting the salary.

Schools may expel children of diplomatic staff for non-payment of fees, sources added.

The Finance ministry in December 2022 claimed that it had released funds (Salaries of Pakistani diplomats or other staff) for the third quarter of current fiscal year however diplomats and other staff did not receive March salaries.

Sources said that Foreign Office had transferred the salaries from its budget in January or February to  Commerce and Trade as well as Press Attaches working abroad but now the MoFA asked officers to ask relevant ministries to release salaries from their budget.

Sources told Pakistan Today that Every department including Foreign Office allocates funds for its employees working abroad during the annual budget and the foreign office on the 1st or 2nd of every month deposits salary into officers/staff accounts.