Tag: Pension

EOBI pension amount to be raised to Rs15,000: Zulfi Bukhari

ISLAMABAD: The government is committed to raising Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pension amount up to a minimum Rs15,000 by 2023, Special Assistant to Prime...

LHC takes notice of ailing war veteran’s Rs1,375 pension

  The Lahore High Court (LHC) has taken notice of the Rs1,375 pension being given to two-time war hero Muhammad Yaseen, who fought both Indo-Pak...

Murad meets protestors at SC building, listens to their grievances

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah after meeting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday met with the...

Asad Umar denies favour to brother Zubair

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar rejected a summary forwarded to him by the Cabinet Division for relaxing rules to facilitate former Sindh governor Mohammad...

Retired chief justice of GB top court to lose pension

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing chief justice of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Supreme Appellate Court (SAC), Justice Rana Shamim, may lose his pension as the office of...

Manual token system at NSC a hassle for senior citizens

RAWALPINDI: The manual token system still in vogue at the National Saving Centre (NSC) in Muslim Town area, in this era of modern technology,...

Transfer of EOBI funds to PBM, MoCC condemnable: Raza Rabbani

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator and former Senate chairman, Mian Raza Rabbani has said that transferring of Employees Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) funds...

Minimum pension of bank employees raised to Rs8,000: report

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday raised the minimum pension of retired bank employees to Rs8,000 per month observing that low pensions are...

SC fixes Rs8000 as pension amount for retired bank employees

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday fixed an amount of Rs8000 as pension for retired bank employees and also directed the banks for...

Unmarried sisters, daughters deserve pension: Ombudsman

The Federal Ombudsman has strongly recommended extending pension benefits to unmarried and divorced daughters and sisters of government employees, until they get married or...

Senate determined to dig into ex-CJPs privileges

The Senate of Pakistan has expressed its resolve to know every single detail of the perks and privileges given to retired chief justices of the country, and summoned the attorney general to appear before it and explain the situation.

NA body urges govt to raise pension of EOBI staffers

ISLAMABAD The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Monday took notice of meagre pension being paid to EOBI...

No increase in private sector employees’ pension

Though the federal government has raised minimum pension for retired government employees from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 in view of the rising inflation,...

Ex-servicemen demand one rank one pension scheme

Ex-servicemen of Mandi Bahauddin have appealed to the Supreme Commander Pakistan Armed Forces, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari to implement ‘One Rank One...

Punished for being a teacher

A 65 year old teacher had been made to run from pillar to post to collect his pension despite a lapse of almost 16...

Japan asset firm chief held in pension scandal

Japanese police on Tuesday arrested the head of an asset management company at the centre of scandal that saw the loss of almost $1.4...

Pension for SC, LHC judges families increased

The Federal Government on Wednesday decided to increase the family pension of judges of Supreme Court and High Court from 50% to 75%. The decision...