Increments relating to educational qualifications not restored by Government

According to the information made available to the National Assembly by the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar), it is a fact that the educational qualifications were discontinued due to the following:

As the concession of advance increments was originally introduced under the Basic Pay Scales-1983. It was fist admissible to the technical/professional categories of Government servants with a view to boost their performance in the specified fields. Subsequently, in the Revised Pay Scales, 1987, the concession of advance increments was liberalized and the non-professional/non technical categories of Governments were also allowed the incentive of advance increments on acquiring the educational qualifications higher than those prescribed for the post, irrespective of the specific relationship to their job description.

Note: The above information is based on the question & sessions of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Please visit the official website of the National Assembly for details.

About National Assembly: The National Assembly of Pakistan is the country's sovereign legislative body. It embodies the will of the people to let themselves be governed under the democratic, multi-party Federal Parliamentary System. The National Assembly makes laws for the Federation in respect of the powers enumerated in the Federal Legislative list. Through its debates, adjournment motion, question hour and Standing Committees, the National Assembly keeps as check over the Executive and ensures that the government functions within the parameters set out in the Constitution and does not violate the fundamental rights of citizens. Only the National Assembly, through its Public Accounts Committee, scrutinizes public spending and exercises control of expenditure incurred by the government.

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