Pakistan passport fee

Fee structure for those who want to get new Pakistani passport and to renew their existing passport Directorate General of Immigration and passport, Ministry of Interior, Govt. of Pakistan. Fee           72 pages             Rs. 5500           100 pages           Rs .12000           Renewal fee        Rs. 400           Renewal urgent   Rs. 800 Policy of Directorate

Machine Readable Passport System is replacing the existing manual system . Every Citizen of Pakistan will have the relevant passport for traveling abroad.

Process for the applicant

The applicant will go through the following stages at Regional Passport Office (RPO) in order to get the Machine Readalbe Passport (MRP):

Arrival of Applicant at Customer Service Counter at RPO. Token Counter. Biometric Data Capture. Photograph Capture. Data Entry. Verification as per Office Record. Interview and Decision by Assistant Director. Collection of Passport.

Sugarcane production in Pakistan

Pakistan Sugar Mills Assosiation Central Chairman Muhammad Javed Kiayani, said "sugarcane production is expected to be around 55 million tons and production of sugar is forecast to be around 5.05 million tons" . “With a carry-over stock and after meeting the local  requirement of the country of 4.21 million tons, there would still be a surplus sugar of over 1 million tons in the country and it is necessary to dispose it off in order to make payments to the growers in need immediately. We have around 0.8 million tons of sugar surplus also in the next season,” he said .

Mr. Kiyani urged the federal govt to timely purchase the 0.20  million stock of cane  and if the government does not intend to buy  from the millers, they should be allowed to export the surplus which is their legitimate right without which the growers would be deprived of their payments. He said that the government has to take such a decision, which does not kill the local industry and make them defaulters of the banks. Besides, the govt should also keep in mind that the million of growers, who rely on sugarcane crop, would also suffer due to the illogical ban on surplus sugar export. According to him, at present there is no level-playing field for the industry because the government has imposed restriction on the export of sugar and the industry is not in a position to continue its operations.

Sindh Stone Development Company

The First Board meeting of Sindh Stone Development Company (SSDC), was held in the Committee Room of the Sindh Board of Investment (SBl) office , here on Saturday.

Chairman of Sindh Board of Investment , Zubair Motiwala informed the participants that the primary objective of this effort is to enhance the export potential of valuable marble and granite sector of Pakistan by focusing on increased competitiveness and modernisation of existing marble practices, said a statement issued.

Sindh Secretary Investment , Mr. Younus Dagha highlighted the objectives for the establishment of an independent company under the auspices  of Sindh government to promote this sector.

He said that the Sindh Government has allocated 300 acres of land near an ideal location of Deh Mithaghar, District West Karachi with availability of fresh water canal from Hub Dam right in the middle of allocated land.

Motiwala told that the project is based on a cutting edge technology, common facility, training institution and most sophisticated and technologically advanced industrial park for marble and granite sector in Karachi and Sindh.

Quail farming

Avian Research and Training Centre of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) has completed a project farming to upgrade of a quail farm, establishment of a modern quail meat processing plant and has started selling quail meat at the varsity’s farm house.Department of Poultry Production Chairman Prof Dr Muhammad Akram told media today and added that it was completed at the cost of Rs 30 millions.

He further told  that the UVAS, in collaboration with SMEDA had arranged a training programme for quail farmers. 

“The purpose of the programme is to introduce quail farming as a source of earning and livlihood and means of alleviating poverty by creating employment opportunities, especially in rural areas of the country, ” he said. Quails produced in the farm are organic and fulfil international standard of hygiene and bio-security, he told.

Basic pay scale in Pakistan

2011

Basic Pay Scales (BPS)/Salaries of Government Servants(Civil servants) in Pakistan

Though there are also some other Pay Scale Systems in prevalent in Pakistan besides basic Pay Scale Structure (BPS) but BPS is widely used pay scale system in Pakistan. Most of the Government ministries/Departments and Organizations follow BPS System. Special pay scale or SPS and army scales are examples of other pay systems in Pakistan while private organizations/companies are free to make their own pay structures while Government fixes a minimum salary of any private/corporate employees.

BPS scales are regularly revised after every few years, normally after four years. Previously these were revised in 2008 and now after three years these are again revised in 2011 keeping in view the inflation rate in Pakistan.

 BPS pay structure table is as follows.

BPS 2011 of the govt Servants of Pakistan

BPS	Minimum Pay	Annual Increment	Maximum Pay	Stages
BPS-1	4800/-	150	9300	30
BPS-2	4900/-	170	10000	30
BPS-3	5050/-	200	11050	30
BPS-4	5200/-	230	12100	30
BPS-5	5400/-	260	13200	30
BPS-6	5600/-	290	14300	30
BPS-7	5800/-	320	15400	30
BPS-8	6000/-	350	16500	30
BPS-9	6200/-	380	17600	30
BPS-10	6400/-	420	19000	30
BPS-11	6600/-	460	20400	30
BPS-12	7000/-	500	22000	30
BPS-13	7500/-	550	24000	30
BPS-14	8000/-	610	26300	30
BPS-15	8500/-	700	29500	30
BPS-16	10000/-	800	34000	30
BPS-17	16000/-	1200	40000	20
BPS18	20000/-	1500	50000	20
BPS-19	31000/-	1600	63000	20
BPS-20	36000/-	2350	68900	14
BPS-21	40000/-	2600	76400	14
BPS-22	43000/-	3050	85700	14

Above noted figures are in Pak Rupees.

Civil servants are also entitled various other allowances (as per their ministry/department/organization rules and their service terms) along with basic pay, as a part of  Gross Pay. These allowances may include Ad hoc Relief Allowance, Medical Allowance, Special Pay, Conveyance Allowance , house rent and many other miscellaneous allowances, which are applicable .

Governments also pays pensions to their retired employees at the age of 60 or 25 years service usually.

Federal Government and provincial governments have their separate pay systems but almost similar.