I would like to point out the injustice being done in the past few budgets whereby the increases in pensions are un-just and discriminative. The 15 percent increase to those who retired after 2000 and 20 percent to those officers who retired before 2000 is discriminatory. For example those who retired earlier taking out a pension of Rs 20,000 and got 20% increase amounting to Rs 4000 totalling their pension to Rs24000. Whereas those of the same grade who retired in 2011 and earning a pension of say 50000, got 15 % increase of Rs 7500 making them earn Rs 57500. Hence, for the officers of same grade, the gap in pension so received is ever increasing which is unjust for those who retired before 2000 and were granted meagre pensions.
The Pay and Pension Commission should be realistic in revising the increase in pensions so that keeping in view the inflation, standards of living and purchasing powers of the equal grades of officers and men, Grades 1- 22 , are taken into account.
I suggest that in view to maintain the parity within various grades, irrespective of date of retirements, (as today, cost of living for all retirees is the same) , we should not discriminate. As a matter of fact those who retired earlier have more grown up kids/grandchildren and therefore more liabilities. Hence, there is no justification in paying Rs 24,000 vs Rs 57500 to the similar grades.
RASHID MAQSOOD
Lahore