Employees of federal ministries, divisions: office memo for special allowance issued

Finance Division's Regulation Wing has issued office memorandum on Wednesday for grant of special allowance of 20 percent to the employees working in the federal ministries and divisions. The memorandum stated that Regulation Wing of Finance Division is directed to convey the approval of Prime Minister as contained in Prime
Minister's Secretariat's U.O.No 708/PSPM/2013, dated 05-03-2013 to the grant of a Special Allowance at the rate of 20 percent of running basic pay with effect from March 1, 2013 to all the officers and staff working in the Federal Ministries/ Divisions only.
This allowance is not allowed to the employees of President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Secretariat, Wafaqi Mohtasib's Secretariat, Federal Tax Ombudsman's Secretariat, National Assembly Secretariat and Senate Secretariat, and all such other entities, which are already being paid any additional allowances and other facilities.
The amount of the Special Allowance; (i) will be admissible to contingent paid staff and contract employees against civil posts in Basic Pay Scale on standard terms and conditions of contract appointment;(ii) will be admissible during leave and entire period of LPR except during extra ordinary leave; (iii) will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of calculation of Pension/gratuity and recovery of House Rent; (iv) will not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/deputation abroad; (v) will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from posting/ deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have been admissible to them had they not be posted abroad.