Types of Government Servants in Pakistan

Servants to the Government of Pakistan refers to all those serving officials either civil or military, who perform their duties while subordinate to their outfits in Federal/Provincial/District Government. Recruitment in services is carried out irrespective of the gender, ethnic, racial, sectarian distinction. Moreover, vacancies to staff members in any field/department/organization/ministry is allotted after the formal decision of the legislators in respective parliament / government and each of the outfit has its authorized strength and allocated equipment specified for official task and job. Recruitment both at tier and occupation in service and group vary commensurating with qualification. All services are organized in hierarchical order and officials serving theirin are categorized in various grades/ranks/brackets/groups for the sake of smooth, transparent and meticulous execution of task and are paid accordingly. Normally services for officials are classified into four categories. They include following:-

Grades	Nature of Job	Remarks
Apex Scales	Distinguished National Officials	Pay Scale determined separately
Grade-17 to Grade-22	Gazetted Officers / Commissioned Officers	Including holders of MP-I,MP-II and MP-III and Junior Officers / JCOs
Grade-10 to Grade-16	Non Gazetted Officers / (junior non-commissioned officers) of Armed Forces
Grade-5 to Grade-9	Lower Grade Officials / Field Work Supervisors / SNCOS & NCOS of Armed Forces
Grade 1 to grade 4	Labour workers

Need for Standardization of Government Appointments

There has always remained ambiguity in determining the status, designation, level and rank of appointments held by the incumbents. In most of the countries nomenclature for sanctioned government post are standardized, thus, helpful in determining the position of post holder. After carrying out detailed research following 10 levels are recommended for all gazetted appointment holders in public sector. This will ultimately help in boosting the motivation level of all Government Servants. (It will soon be followed by proposed level for non gazetted public sector employees).

Executive Services of Pakistan

Ser	New Appointment levels	Purpose	Remarks
1.	Chief		Apex dignitaries of state
2.	General		For meritorious performance
3.	Joint		Top federal level appointments
4.	Principal		Top provincial appointments
5.	Vice		Succeeding top provincial appointment
6.	Special		Top departmental appointment
7.	Additional		Succeeding top departmental appointment
8.	Deputy		Wing head
9.	Assistant		Branch head
10.	Associate		Section head

Junior Scale Services of Pakistan

Ser	New Appointment levels	Purpose	Remarks
1.	Superintendent
2.	Manager
3.	Headman
4.	Supervisor
5.	Overseer
6.	Coordinator
7.	Organizer
8.	Helper
9.	Co-Worker
10.	Worker

Note for Consideration

Pay emoluments, allowances, pensions and all perks and privileges of government serving/retired servants not only vary with the status, rank, appointment and service but also with their affiliated services. For example:- An officer holding the appointment of additional secretary in Federal Government is of grade 21. However, the appointment when being held by incumbent in Provincial Government will of grade 19. So, appointment also vary in scale depending on the affiliated services of individual.

Stage wise Basic Pay Scale of Government Servants in Pakistan

Though there are also some other Pay Scale Systems in Pakistan except Basic Pay Scale Structure (BPS) but BPS is widely used pay scale system in Pakistan. Most of the Government Departments and Organizations follow BPS System. SPS and army scales are examples of other pay systems in Pakistan while private organizations/companies/industries are free to make their own pay structures while Government fixes a minimum salary of any private employee. BPS scales are regularly revised after every few years. Previously these were revised in 2008 and after three years these are once again revised in 2011 & now after four years these are once again revised in 2015, keeping in view the inflation rate in Pakistan.

Note: Minimum Pay, Maximum Pay, Annual Increments and all other allowances etc. are in Pakistani Rupees. Civil servants are also entitled various other allowances (as per their department/organization rules and their service terms) along with their basic pay, as a part of their Gross Pay. These allowances may include Ad hoc Relief Allowance, Medical Allowance, Special Pay, Conveyance Allowance, House Rent allowance and several other miscellaneous allowances, which are applicable. Government also pays pensions to its retired employees. Federal Government and provincial governments have their separate pay systems closely similar to each other.