Frequently Asked Questions
Definitions
It is from date of joining to the fate of Passing out from PMA calculated in terms of years, months and days e.g.; 2 years, 10 months and 17 days. Cadet Service can count towards calculation of Pension
The date on which one is struck of duty. A person on SOD remains on the strength e.g. a pensioner on LPR remains on SOD and is entitle to receive all the benefits announced during the period of LPR. He becomes SOS on expiry of LPR.
The date on which one is struck of strength of Army.
The last pay as mentioned in the LPC. It includes Last pay +Disturbance Pay+ Command/Staff/charge Pay+ Qualification Pay.
It is the number of years of service prescribed for each rank.
Years Purchased are the number of years reflected in the commutation Table against the age of a pensioner on next birthday. The value of Years purchased is generally in the form of whole numbers with decimals. The digit after decimal is to be rounded off to whole number following Rounding Off Rule i.e.; if the digit after decimal is less than 5, it will be rounded off to the lower side and if the number is 5 or above it will be rounded off to the next higher whole number.
No of years for which a pensioner can get his pension commuted.
Gross Pension is the total amount calculated as 70% of the Last Pay Drawn which includes Last pay +Disturbance Pay+ Command/Staff/charge Pay + Qualification Pay (allowances are not included). It is the pension before commutation. Before Dec 2001 the commuted part of pension used to be 50% of Gross Pension while after 2001 the commuted part has been reduced to 35% of Gross Pension. The commuted part of pension is restored on completion of commutation period.
The Commutation Table gives the Commutation Factor/ Years Purchased which when added to pensioner’s age on next birthday results in the number of years for computation of commutation period.
After working out Net/ Residual pension, Special pension is added according to the rank e.g. Major—Rs; 120 PM, Lt Col — Rs: 200 PM, Brig— Rs: 350 PM. Orderly Allowance authorised to Brig and above is also known as Special Additional Pension.
ISD stands for In Service Death.
Questions
No. In addition to a letter forwarded by PPA 4, PPA Dte in which complete information about commuted amount and date of restoration are mentioned. In addition, date of restoration is shown on page 16 /17 of Pension Book. Accordingly, one has to apply to CMA (OP) about 6 to 8 weeks before the due date with a copy of the relevant page from Pension Book, copy of CNIC and Life Certificate
Following are entitlements: –
- 7% CLA,
- Usual increment if difference between Date if Increment and Date of Retirement is 6 months or more.
- Increase of 20% instead of 15% announced in Jul 2009, if eligible.
Following could be the reasons: –
- Your initial pay fixation is not correct.
- 7% CLA and Usual increment have not been added to your pension.
- The annual increase specially of 2009 has not been correctly added to your pension.
Yes, if husband /father /mother have not claimed the above benefits, they can claim as life time arears. Note: – No benefits are given automatically, one has to apply.
Although the date of commission is the same, the date of SOS may be different.
Following are eligible: –
- Son (actual/Legitimate) up to the age of 21 years.
- Daughter, up to the age of 21 years or till marriage, whichever is earlier.
- Divorced/ widow daughter.
- Mentally/physically disabled son/daughter for life time provided disability is documented in CORO.
If documents are complete in all respects, it should not take more than 4 to 6 weeks from the date of submission
Depends where the delay is: –
- If it is in CORO, PPA 4 in PPA Dte should be contacted.
- If it is in CMA (OP), MAG (Military Accountant General), CGA( Controller General Accounts) may be contacted.
If the husband dies after retirement, the widow gets Ordinary Family Pension While if the husband dies during service, the widow gets Special Family Pension
It is 75% of the last drawn pension of the deceased whether Gross or Net Pension.
If the retiree for some reason is not granted pension, then certain percentage of his pay multiplied by number of years served is given as gratuity, also widow of ISD/ Special pension case gets 75% of pay as gratuity and remaining 25% is given after specified period on case-to-case basis.
The pension of a Widow of a retired is 75% of the last drawn pension whether on gross or net pension. Whereas, widow of a Shaheed/ISD is authorised Special Family Pension which in case of a Shaheed is equivalent to 100% of last pay drawn and in case of ISD it varies—up to 100% according to the circumstances under which the person has expired.