ISLAMABAD, June 7: The federal government has increased the house rent allowance for civil and military officials by 134 per cent and medical and conveyance allowance by 100 per cent.

The increase has taken place owing to a 15 per cent raise in their basic pay-scales. These allowances had been frozen in 1991 but have now been fixed on the basis of new pay-scales.

With these revisions, the salaries of civil servants have increased in the range of 22.7 per cent to 29.4 per cent. The salaries of military officials have gone up in the range of 15 per cent to 35.4 per cent.

CIVIL SERVANTS: On the basis of 134 per cent increase, the house rent (in 14 big cities) of scales 1, 2 and 3 has gone up to Rs969, Rs990 and Rs1024 per month. The rent of scales 4, 5 and 6 have increased to Rs1,055, Rs1,087 and Rs1,118 per month. Similarly, the house rent of BPS 7, 8 and 9 has gone up to Rs1150, Rs1,195 and Rs1,247 respectively.

The house rent of BPS-10, 11 and 12 has been increased to Rs1,289, Rs1,341 and Rs1,420, for BPS 13, 14 and 15 to Rs1,514, Rs1,604 and Rs1,701 for BPS-16 to Rs1,969, BPS 17 to Rs3,213, BPS- 18 to Rs4,210, BPS 19 to Rs6,417, BPS 20 to Rs7,612, BPS 21 to Rs8,438 and BPS 22 to Rs9,025. The house rent for civil servants in other cities from 1-22 is in the order of Rs645, 660, 683, 704, 725, 746, 767, 797, 831, 860, 894, 947, 1,010, 1,070, 1,134, 1,313, 2,142, 2,807, 4,278, 5,075, 5,625 and 6,017.

The conveyance allowance for both civil and defence employees has increased by 100 per cent. For BPS 1-4, the allowance will be Rs340, Rs460 for BPS 5-10, Rs680 for 11-15 and Rs1,240 for 16-20.

The medical allowance for civil servants from BPS 1-16 has been incresed from Rs210 to Rs425 per month.

DEFENCE OFFICIALS: In the progressive order, the house rent for non-commissioned servants is Rs592, Rs900, Rs900, Rs1142, Rs1142, Rs1704, Rs1704 and Rs1704.

For defence officers, cadets would get Rs3,213, Rs4,210, for majors, Rs6,417 for Lt-Col and colonel, Rs7,612 for brigadiers, Rs8,438 for major-generals and Rs9,025 for generals in 14 big cities. In other cities, their house rents would range between Rs2,142 and Rs6,017.

In the officers category, cadets will get Rs7,142, second lieutenant Rs11,663, lieutenant Rs16,485, Captain Rs23,328, major Rs29,937, Lt-Col Rs36,313, brigadier Rs37,349, Major-Gen Rs42,295 and Lt-Gen Rs45,177.

The defence recruit (Z-1) will now get Rs30,99, recruit-2 will get Rs4,140, NCSE-3 will get Rs5,314, sepoy Rs6,488, L-naik Rs6744, naik Rs7,580, havildar Rs8,034, N-subedar Rs10567, subedar Rs11,251, Sub-Tech Rs11,953 and sub-major Rs15878

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Can anyone explain why the house rent GIVEN per month to military officers in Pakistan is more than the monthly salary of an Engineer, Doctor, MBA, CA, College professor, bank manager in Pakistan? DOes anyone know what is the salary of military officers in Pakistan?

The military officers are moved around all over the country, where do you expect them to live? for this reason the government gives them house rent allowance so when they are posted to a new location, they can rent a house for themselves and their family.



The highest allowance there is Rs. 9,020 and that is FOR A GENERAL!! someone who has dedicated their entire life to the country.

A new MBA, or doctor, or engineer is on the level of a Captain or Major.... they get Rs. 4,210. Now Im not sure where you come from, but in Karachi a doctor or engineer or evenan MBA get a lot more than Rs. 4,210 a month

[quote=Sharif Smuggler,Jun 8 2005, 11:22 AM]
The military officers are moved around all over the country, where do you expect them to live? For this reason the government gives them house rent allowance so when they are posted to a new location, they can rent a house for themselves and their family.
The highest allowance there is Rs. 9,020 and that is FOR A GENERAL!! someone who has dedicated their entire life to the country.

You are incorrect.
In the officers category, cadets will get Rs7,142, second lieutenant Rs11,663, lieutenant Rs16,485, Captain Rs23,328, major Rs29,937, Lt-Col Rs36,313, brigadier Rs37,349, Major-Gen Rs42,295 and Lt-Gen Rs45,177

I am renting out my property in Haydari Karachi for 12000/month. It’s a double story 5 BR house. It is considered an upper middle class area. Why does a military officer need $45000/month as rent allowance? Are they not getting paid enough to be able to afford rent? How about all the land given to the same individuals in all the DHA? Is that not enough? How about the Fouji fund which is now one of the biggest businesses in Pakistan? Is that not enough? Why does the rest of the population not get rent allowance? They manage to live within their means.

A new MBA, or doctor, or engineer is on the level of a Captain or Major.... they get Rs. 4,210. Now Im not sure where you come from, but in Karachi a doctor or engineer or evenan MBA get a lot more than Rs. 4,210 a month.

A new graduate doctor makes 12000/month in Agha Khan Medical center in Karachi. How do I know this you ask? My niece graduated last year and is working at the facility. An MBA can expect to earn from 12000-30000/month. An engineer can expect to earn 15000-35000/month. I know this because I did a feasibility study which included cost of labor to open a manufacturing/assembly plant in Karachi for a telecom company.

It is typical of Paksitani journalist and news paper to mix apple with orange producing confusing piece of crap. Also it is typlical of Pakistani reader of being confused if not ignorant and do not even bother to use common sense to make sense out of news they read.



Here they are talking about house rent for noncommissioned personnel.



Here they are talking about houserent of commisioned officiers.



Here they are talking about salary of commissioned officers.



Here they are talking about salary of non commisioned personnel.

That is NOT rent money, its their salary! and i think this figure includes the rent in it along with salary and other benefits given to the personel.

The rent figures are: "cadets would get Rs3,213, Rs4,210, for majors, Rs6,417 for Lt-Col and colonel, Rs7,612 for brigadiers, Rs8,438 for major-generals and Rs9,025 for generals in 14 big cities. In other cities, their house rents would range between Rs2,142 and Rs6,017."

As you can see its not that much,



Looking at the rent money given to army personnel, even a general cannot afford to live at your house. the allowance for rent is given to army personnel because of the fact that they are moved around all over the country all the time; it is to help them pay for their accomodation.

And im think that figure of $45000 was a typo on your part? as for whether they are getting paid enough or not.... its one of the perks of being in the military. Some jobs give bonuses, some pay for accomodation and some give a company car.



The land is given to them WHEN THEY RETIRE!! its like a retirement gift, something thousands of companies do all over the world. This land they can either sell, or build a house on it. Do not know much about fauji fund

And i promise you that maybe not the rest of the population, but many thousands more atleast get rent expenses paid by companies that they work for. Just because the majority of pakistan doesnt get it, does it mean that civil servants or the military shouldnt either? the majority of pakistanis are farmers, with your theory why doesnt all of pakistan become farmers!?

Trust me, i have family in the military. They do not live livish lives, at best they live decent lives. Im talking about Major/Colonel level officers. Maybe higher up, the Generals maybe be living better lives, but then they are the heads of the armed forces, something like senoir directors at a business so ofcourse you would expect them to be paid well.

They definately should be paid well but not better than a doctor/engineer/CA/MBA etc. Afterall no country in the world pays their military men better than their intelectuals. This happens in countries where the military does not have to answer to elected officials.

actually armymen are given land once they attain a certain position, and they are given more and more land as they move up the ladder. its a strange reward system, one most pakistanis feel needs to be done away with. believe it or not, the pakistan army is the biggest land owner in pakistan. it has more land, for commercial and other purposes, than the damn landowners! our generals should learn to behave themselves. they have no right participating in the commercial activities in pakistan. its not right. someone needs to stop this. pakistan is too poor for generals to maintain their lifestyle by building golf courses on army land while people die on the streets of hunger.

Thank you for the info wiseking.