Claim: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has ordered the suspension of salaries for unvaccinated employees of the provincial government.
Fact: Chief Minister Sindh’s official Twitter account confirms that this is true.
On 3 June 2021, journalist Hasan Zaidi tweeted that Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has ordered a suspension of salaries for Sindh government employees who do not get vaccinated.
Dawn also published a similar report, stating that Shah had made the decision during a meeting of Sindh’s Covid-19 task force. According to the report, Shah had given employees one month to get vaccinated, following which salaries would be suspended for unvaccinated individuals starting from July.
Soch Fact Check received Zaidi’s tweet for verification and found it to be true. The official account of Sindh’s chief minister posted a tweet confirming that Shah had told the provincial finance ministry to suspend unvaccinated employees’ salaries starting from July.
Summary: Social media and news reports stated that Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah told the provincial finance ministry to suspend salaries of government employees who do not get vaccinated, starting from July. This news is true.