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Saturday September 07, 2024

Rangers, FC salaries to be equalled to Pak Army’s

Salaries of civil armed forces will increase by about 56 percent

By Rana Ghulam Qadir
June 06, 2024
A representational image showing Sindh Rangers personnel checking identification documents of polling agents at a polling station in Karachi. — Online/File
A representational image showing Sindh Rangers personnel checking identification documents of polling agents at a polling station in Karachi. — Online/File

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make the salaries of Rangers and FC equal to those of Pakistan Army. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given permission to increase the salaries of civil armed forces.

The salaries of civil armed forces will increase by about 56 percent, but the increase in salaries will be different depending on the rank and average increase will be less. The Finance Ministry has approved the revised basic pay scale of 2024 for the Civil Armed Forces.

The Ministry of Finance has approved the revised basic pay scale of 2024 for the Civil Armed Forces, under which the maximum increase in the salaries of Civil Armed Forces will be up to 55.76 percent or Rs31,810 a month. However, sources said that according to the rank, the increase in salaries will be different and the average increase will be less. The salary increase will be for Punjab Rangers, Sindh Rangers, FC North and FC South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FC North and FC South Balochistan, Pakistan Coast Guards, Gilgit Baltistan Scouts and Frontier Constabulary.