Appointment holder in government organizations of Pakistan

Appointment holder in government organizations of Pakistan refers to all those serving officials, whose services are accredited to the state and federal governments of Pakistan. Their recruitment and appointment in respective services are carried out as the constitutional dictates. No distinction based on gender, ethnic, racial and sectarian factors is carried out in appointment and selection of appointees. Vacancies with in each establishment for employment of official staff is legally sanctioned by the legislators and decision making bodies. All Organs of state are organized in hierarchical order and officials serving therein are categorized in various fields as per the tech expertise entailed by each official post.

Pay scales of employees

Responsibilities and tasks carried by each official position vary with type of organizations, where appointees are working in. Thus, various pay scales are laid in accordance with the nature of job and to keep competitive environment alive. Each type of pay scale may vary with regards to amount paid to each official along with perks and privileges. But equivalence criteria with in various types of pay scale has also been laid, as stipulated in undermentioned table. Prof. M. Shahzad

Equivalence of officials based on pay scales in Pakistan

Ser	Pay scale type	Stage-1	Stage-2	Stage-3	Stage-4	Stage-5	Stage-6	Stage-7	Stage-8
1.	Basic pay scales	BPS-17	BPS-18	BPS-19	BPS-20	BPS-21	BPS-22	BPS-Spec	BPS-Apex
2.	Higher judicial pay scales	–	–	–	–	J-III	J-II	J-I	O-Apex
3.	Military pay scales	O-1, 2 & 3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10
4.	Special pay scales	SPS-8	SPS-9	SPS-10	SPS-11	SPS-12	SPS-13	SPS-14
5.	Management pay scales	–	–	–	MP-III	MP-II	MP-I	MP-Spec
6.	State Bank of Pakistan pay scales	OG-2	OG-3 & 4	OG-5 & 6	OG-7	OG-8	Deputy Governor	Governor
7.	HEC pay scales	–	–	TTS-III	TTS-II	TTS-I	TTS-MP	TTS-Spec
8.	Diplomatic pay scales	–	–	–	HoM Grd-III	HoM Grd-II	HoM Grd-I	HoM Grd-Spec

Group / Services	BPS-17 / SPS-8 / O-1,2&3	BPS-18 / SPS-9 / O-4	BPS-19 / SPS-10 / O-5 / TTS-Asst P	BPS-20 / SPS-11 / O-6 & 7 / TTS-Asoc P / MP-3	BPS-21 / SPS-12 / O-8 / TTS-Prof / MP-2	BPS-22 / SPS-13 / O-9 / TTS-MP / MP-1	Spec / SPS-14 / O-10	Apex
Upper Judiciary					Additional High Court judges	Judges of the High Court Puisne judges of the High Court Registrar of the Supreme Court	Judges of the Supreme Court Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice High Court	Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan
Lower judiciary	Civil judge cum judicial magistrate	Senior civil judge and assistant session judge District attorney	Additional district and session judge	District and session judge	District and session judge
Armed forces	Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant	Major	Lieutenant colonel	Colonel	Brigadier	Major general	Lieutenant general	General
Intelligence agencies	Assistant director	Deputy director	Director Joint director	Deputy director general	Additional director general	Director general
Pakistan Administrative Service	Assistant commissioner Assistant director Section officer Deputy district officer Assistant district officer	Deputy commissioner District coordination officer Additional deputy commissioner District officer Deputy secretary (provincial govt) Deputy director	Deputy commissioner District coordination officer Additional secretary (provincial govt) Director	Joint secretary Member board of revenue Commissioner division Secretary (provincial govt) Director general in federal secretariat Head of mission grade-3	Chief secretary GB / AJK Additional secretary Chief commissioner Additional chief secretary Director general of federal organization Managing director corporation Senior joint secretary Senior member board of revenue Chairman provincial board Head of mission grade-2	Federal secretary Chief secretary Managing director larger corporation Director general federal autonomous body Chairman federal board Head of mission grade-1	Secretary general	Ambassador-at-large
Pakistan Police Services	Assistant superintendent of police Deputy superintendent of police	Superintendent of Police Additional superintendent of police	Assistant inspector general Senior superintendent of police	Deputy inspector general of police	Additional inspector general of police	Inspector general of police
Foreign services of Pakistan	Third secretary (abroad) Vice consul (abroad) Section officer Desk officer	First secretary (abroad) Consul (abroad) Second secretary (abroad) Vice consul (abroad) Deputy director	Consul general (abroad) Consular (abroad) Director	Head of mission grade-3 Minister (abroad) Consul general (abroad) Joint secretary Director general	Head of mission grade-2 Charge d' affairs (abroad) Additional secretary	Head of mission grade-1 Permanent representative (abroad) High commissioner (abroad) Ambassador (abroad) Federal secretary	Secretary general	Ambassador-at-large
Office management / secretariat group	Section officer	Section officer	Deputy secretary	Joint secretary	Additional secretary Senior joint secretary	Federal secretary
Pakistan Audit and Accounts Group'	Assistant accountant general Audit officer Assistant controller military accounts	Deputy accountant general	Accountant general	deputy auditor general accountant general gb / ajk deputy military accountant general member finance director general finance advisor	Military Accountant General Accountant General Accountant General Pakistan Revenue	Controller General Additional Auditor General	Auditor General Pakistan
Inland Revenue Service	Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue	Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue	Addition Commissioner Inland Revenue	Commissioner Inland Revenue	Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Commissioner Inland Revenue	Member Federal Board of Revenue	Chairman Federal Board of Revenue
Customs and Excise Group	Assistant Collector	Deputy Collector	Additional Collector	Collector	Member Customs Chief Collector	Member Federal Board of Revenue
Commerce and Trade Group	Assistant Commercial Secretary Assistant Director	Commercial Secretary Deputy Director	Commercial Consular (Abroad) Director	Minister Trade/Economics (Abroad) Consul General (Abroad)	Executive Director General
Military Lands and Cantonment Group	Chief Executive Officer (C-Cat Cantt) Additional Chief Executive Officer (B-Cat Cantt) Military Estate Officer (C-Cat Cantt)	Chief Executive Officer (B-Cat Cantt) Additional Chief Executive Officer (A-Cat Cantt) Military Estate Officer (B-Cat Cantt)	Chief Executive Officer (A-Cat Cantt) Military Estate Officer (A-Cat Cantt)	Deputy Director General Regional Director	Director General
Railways Commercial & Transport Group	Assistant Transport Officer	Deputy Commercial Manager Divisional Transport Officer	Chief Commercial Manager	Additional General Manager	General Manager
Information Group	Assistant Director Information Officer	Press Attache (Abroad) Private Secretary (State Minister) Public Relations Officer Deputy Director	Press Consular Private Secretary (Minister) Deputy Press Secretary Director	Press Minister Director General	Principal Information Officer Press Secretary (Prime Minister)
Postal Group	Divisional Superintendent Post Office	Divisional Superintendent Post Office	Deputy Post Master General	Post Master General	Director General Post
Engineering (Technocrats)	Sub Divisional Officer Assistant Executive Engineer Assistant Director	Executive Engineer Deputy Director Manager	Superintending Engineer Director Deputy General Manager	Chief Engineer General Manager	Chief Engineering Adviser/Chief Engineer General Manager	Chairman WAPDA
Intermediate and Degree Collages
Medical	Medical Officer	Senior Medical Officer	Principle Medical Officer
HEC/Universities

Appointment holder in government organizations of Pakistan

Pay scales of employees

Equivalence of officials based on pay scales in Pakistan

See Also

Types of Government Servants in Pakistan