Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the proposal of the Planning Commission for 'Standard Pay Package' of the officers and staff directly recruited from the open market for execution of development projects funded from Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
The pay package is market-based and would help in attracting highly qualified and talented professionals as 'Project Directors', 'Advisors', 'Specialists' and 'Consultants'. These professionals would help in timely completion of infrastructure projects, ensuring quality, and meeting international standards. The projects would be directly executed by the implementing agencies, Ministries/Divisions.
The infrastructure projects play key role in accelerating socio-economic progress of the country. These projects would help in job creation and poverty alleviation in line with the government's agendas for ameliorating conditions of the masses. The professionals would be recruited through open competition, on the basis of merit, following transparent procedures and codal formalities.
The salient features of the Standard Pay Package, as notified by the Finance Division, are based on CDWP recommendations and include ten categories, with the highest being placed at Rs 150,000 to Rs 200,000 and in the lowest at Rs 7,000 to Rs 10,000 per month with 5 percent annual increment.
The project employees will be appointed on contract basis in PSDP projects for an initial period not exceeding two years which will be extendable on yearly basis, till the completion of the project, on the basis of evaluation of performance.
With the approval of the pay package by the PM, the pace of development would be accelerated as promised by the Prime Minister on the Floor of the Parliament that quality of life of common man would be improved. The Standard pay Package for the officers and staff development projects under PSDP will come into effect immediately. The package is applicable to all PSDP projects countrywide.-PR