Salary freeze, tax surge hit professors

Salary freeze, tax surge hit professors

Pakistan may soon face a serious human resource crisis in the public universities as the nation's highly qualified researchers and faculty members are on the verge of attrition due to a freeze in their salaries since 2021, and 81% increase in their tax burden. These highly qualified researchers and professors, hired under the Tenure Track System (TTS), received the last raise in salaries in 2021 and since then they have faced at least three majo…

Salary freeze and rising taxes squeeze university professors

Pakistan may be heading toward a serious staffing crisis in public universities, as highly qualified researchers and faculty members consider leaving due to stagnant salaries since 2021 and an 81% rise in their tax burden. Professors and researchers hired under the Tenure Track System (TTS) last received a pay increase in 2021. Since then, they have endured multiple waves of inflation, including a peak rate of 38%, without any salary adjustment.…