According to the Daily Nawa-e- Waqt dated 05-11-2012; and Daily Jang, Federal Govt has decided to introduce Revised Pay Scales wef 01-01-2013. Govt has decided to revise the Basic Pay Scales before the upcoming election 2013 and in this way there will be a increase in pay and allowances of the Govt employees.
Notifications
Notification of Special Allowance for Rescue 1122 issued by Punjab Govt
Punjab Govt has issued Special Allowance for the employees of Rescue 1122 vide Notification No. SO(CD)5-R-63/2012 dated 31st October 2012. This 15 days Fixed Daily allowance will be admissible on the following conditions:
a- Special Allowance admissible @ basic pay will be allowed @ the rate of initial of basic pay scales 2008 on the analogy of Police Department.
b- This allowance will be admissible only to the staff on operational
Extension of Upgradation & Time Scale Formula to Teaching Satff of FGEIs (C/G)
The process of Upgradation & Time Scale Formula to FGEIs (C/G) teaching staff is under process. In this regard Office of the Prime Minister Secretariat Islamabad has written a letter to Secretary Ministry of Defence Rawalpindi vide No. 394/Misc-H/DSPM/12 dated 12th October 2012. Upgradation of MTTs, TUGTs & TGTs is expected soon.
Pay Committee Urged Govt for Fresh Pay Scales
According to the daily The News dated 27th October 2012, the pay committee led by Mr. Ishrat Hussain has asked the Govt to introduce fresh pay scales for the Govt Employees so that the discrimination found among the employees be removed. He said” “We have conditioned the finalizing of the committee’s recommendations on the removal of existing distortions because just lip service will not serve the purpose,” said Husain. “The creation of fresh pay scales is necessary to attracting talented people into public service as with the existing pay structure of BS-17, no one will come into the public sector.”
Unified Pay Scales, Housing Monetization & Conveyance Packages for Employees
According to the Daily Times dated 04-10-2012 page number 7 a great package of Pay and Allowances is to soon finalized and announced soon by the Federal Govt. The case of finalizing the pay and allowances packages for the Federal Govt Employees is under process in the Ministry of Finance. This package will be presented before the Prime Minister on Friday dated 05-10-2012 for initial approval. Unified Pay Scales, Monetization of Housing Facility and Monetization of Conveyance are included in this package. The salient features of these packages are as under:
Notification of Promotion of SSTs
The Govt of Punjab has promoted 183 male and 170 female SSTs from BPS-16 to BPS-17 as Headmasters/Deputy Headmasters with immediate effect vide Notification No. SO(S-VI) 6-12/2012 dated 27th September 2012. This is the result of the approval of the promotion committee whose meeting was held 8th, 9th and 10th August 2012.
Over Time Allowance to Staff Car Drivers and Dispatch Riders
The Federal Govt has increased the rates of Over-Time Allowance to Staff Car Drivers and Dispatch Riders wef 01-08-2012. Vide Notification No. F.4 (1) R-5 /2010 dated 9th August 2012. Over time allowance for Staff Car Drivers and Dispatch Riders will be Rs. 25/- per hour instead of Rs. 20/- per hour subject to a maximum limit Rs. 150/- per day.