Grant Of Increase In Pension To Civil Pensioners Of The Federal Government As Well As Retired Armed Forces Personnel-2010

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
FINANCE DIVISION
(Regulation Wing)

No.F.4(1)-Reg.6/2010/721                                                           

Islamabad, the 5^th July, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:    GRANT OF INCREASE IN PENSION TO CIVIL PENSIONERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS RETIRED ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL

The President has been pleased to sanction an increase in pension with effect from 1^st July, 2010 until further order to all civil pensioners of the Federal Government including civilians paid from Defence Estimates as well as retired Armed Forces Personnel at the following rate:-

• Those pensioners who retired before 01.12.2001                  20%
• Those pensioners who retired on or after 01.12.2001           15%

1. The 15% increase in pension as mentioned at para 1 (ii) above will also be admissible to the pensioners who would retire on or after 01.07.2010.
2. The Government servants who would retire on or after 01.07.2010 will also be entitled for increase in pension @ 10%, 15% and 15% which have been allowed vide Finance Division’s  O.Ms No. 1(1)-Imp/2005 dated 01.07.2005, 4(3)-Reg.6/2006 dated 30.06.2006 and 4(1)-R.6/2009 dated 13.07.2009.
3. For the purpose of admissibility of increase in pension sanctioned in this O.M. the term “Net Pension” means “Pension being drawn”.
4. The increase will also be admissible on familypension granted under the Pension-cum­-Gratuity Scheme, 1954, Liberalized Pension Rules, 1977, on pension sanctioned under the Central Civil Services (Extra Ordinary Pension) Rules as well as on the Compassionate Allowance under CSR-353.
5. If the gross pension sanctioned by the Federal Government is shared with any Government in accordance with the rules laid down in part-IV of Appendix III to the Accounts Code, Volume-I, the amount of the increase in pension will be apportioned between the Federal Government and the other Government concerned on proportionate basis.
6. The increase in pension sanctioned in this O.M. will not be admissible on Special Additional Pension allowed in lieu of pre-retirement orderly allowance.
7. The increase in pension allowed by the Government during their re-employment shall not be admissible during the period of their re-employment, but the same will be allowed after the termination of the re-employment contract. However, the increases in pension admissible to the pensioners of the Federal Government before their re-employment on contract basis will continue to be admissible to them provided that they are not in receipt of any increases allowed as Allowances with their pay in lieu of increases in pension.
8. The benefit of increase in pension sanctioned in this O.M. will also be admissible to those Civil Pensioners of the Federal Government who are residing abroad (other than those residing in India and Bangladesh) who retired on or after 15.08.1947 and are not entitled to, or are not in receipt of pension increase under the British Government’s Pension (increase) Acts. The payment will be made at the applicable rate of exchange.

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