LAHORE: (Friday, April 17, 2020): Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad has instructed the official concerned to make necessary arrangements for payment of salaries and pensions to in-service and retired employees on April 23, 2020. The daily wages employees will also get their salary without any deduction as they have been assigned duties during this period. Prof Niaz Ahmad has issued these instructions in the wake of the upcoming holy month of Ramazan under the prevailing situation of lockdown due to corona virus. Prof Niaz Ahmad said that the salary will be paid in advance so that the lower grade staff and retired employees of Punjab University could purchase essential items of everyday life without facing any difficulty. He said that an opportunity had also been provided to the upper grade employees, who are helping others from their own pocket, to help others so that the deserving people could also get financial or any other assistance before Ramazan. The Vice chancellor is of the view that it is a time of test and people must help each other.