I am sharing the latest notification regarding the Opening of Pension Accounts under the Punjab Defined Contribution Pension Scheme Rules 2025 with fund managers for the employees appointed after the insertion of Section 18-A in the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, and the implementation of the Punjab Defined Contribution Pension Scheme Rules, 2025. This notification, issued by the Finance Department of Punjab, provides instructions for establishing pension accounts and contributions. The details of notifications are as follows.
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Press release Held in Abeyance the Pension Reforms Notifications 2025 by Sindh Government
I am sharing the Press release Held in Abeyance the Pension Reforms Notifications 2025 by the Sindh Government. The Sindh Government Finance Department issued three notifications in 2025 in connection with new pension reforms, including the Pension Contributory Scheme 2025. The details are as follows:
Notification Revised Federal Govt Defined Contribution Pension Fund Scheme Rules 2024
Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Finance issued a Notification on 02-10-2025 in connection with Revised Federal Govt Defined Contribution Pension Fund Scheme Rules 2024. These rules will take effect with immediate effect. The civil servants appointed on a regular basis on or after 1st July 2024 are covered under this new CP Fund Scheme 2024 Federal. These rules also cover the share of employees in the CP Fund Scheme. The details are as follows:
Comparison of Old and New Pension Schemes for Employees in KPK and Sindh (News Report)
As per two different news reports, I have made a comparison of the Old and New Pension Schemes for Employees in KPK and Sindh. These news items are totally contradictory to each other. It means one province is adopting the CP Fund Scheme and another province has rejected adopting the old pension scheme. The newspapers may have extracted their own meanings, but as per these news clips, the pensioners of one province are happy, while others are not. The details are as follows:
Notification Sindh Civil Servants (Defined Contribution Pension) Rules 2025
Government of Sindh, Finance Department issued a Notification on 21-08-2025 in connection with the Pension Contribution Scheme 2025 Sindh Civil Servants (Defined Contribution Pension) Rules 2025. The details are as follows:
Notification Reduction Factor by Age of Voluntary Retirement (Sindh Pensioners)
Government of Sindh, Finance Department issued a Notification No. FD(SR-III)3-2962/2025 on 18-08-2025 in connection with the Reduction Factor by Age of Voluntary Retirement (Sindh Pensioners). The details are as follows:
Notification of Family Pension to Spouse for Life (Punjab Pensioners) 2025
Government of the Punjab, Finance Department issued a Notification on 20-08-2025 in connection with Family Pension to Spouse for Life for Punjab Pensioners. Now the spouse will get the family pension for life or till re-marriage instead of 10 years. The details are as follows: