National Assembly Secretariat Employees Act, 2018

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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT EMPLOYEES ACT, 
2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           CONTENTS 
1. Short title, application and commencement 
CHAPTER-I 
PRELIMINARY 
2.  Definitions 
CHAPTER-II 
SECRETARIAT 
3. Secretariat 
4.  Strength and Composition of the Secretariat 
CHAPTER-III 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 
5. Terms and conditions of service 
6.  Appointments 
7.  Appointments on deputation 
8.  Omitted 
9.  Omitted 
10.  Omitted 
11. Promotion 
12.  Omitted 
 

 
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13.  Omitted 
14.  Omitted 
15.  Omitted 
16.  Omitted 
17.  Omitted 
18.  Omitted 
19.  Omitted 
20.  Omitted 
CHAPTER-IV 
MISCELLANEOUS 
21.  Omitted 
22.  Omitted 
23. Omitted 
24.  Omitted 
25.  Interpretation 
26.  Omitted 
CHAPTER-V 
RULES 
27.  Rules 
28.  Omitted 
29.   Omitted 
30.  Repeal 
31. Act to override other laws 
  
 
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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT EMPLOYEES ACT, 2018 
 
ACT NO. VII OF 2018 
[27th February, 2018] 
An Act to regulate the recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed in the National 
Assembly Secretariat 
WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate by law the recruitment and the conditions of service of 
persons appointed in the National Assembly Secretariat and to provide for matters connected therewith 
or ancillary thereto; 
It is hereby enacted as follows: — 
1. Short title, application and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the National 
Assembly Secretariat Employees Act, 2018. 
  (2) It applies to all employees in the National Assembly Secretariat wherever they may be. 
  (3) It shall come into force at once. 
CHAPTER-I 
PRELIMINARY 
 2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, — 
(a) “ad hoc appointment” means appointment of a duly qualified person  made 
otherwise than in accordance with the prescribed method of recruitment, 
pending recruitment in accordance with such method; 
 
(b) “appointing authority” in relation to a post means the person auth orized to 
make appointment to a post;  
 
(c) “Basic Pay Scales (BPS)” means pay scales prescribed by the Government and 
adopted by the Secretariat; 
 
(d) “civil servant ” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Civil 
Servants Act, 1973 (LXXI of 1973); 
 
(e) “competent authority” means the appointing authority; 
 
(f) “Constitution” means the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; 
 
(g) “deputation” means temporary transfer on loan of the services of an employee 
from the Secretariat or transfer to the Secretariat of a person from Federation or 
any Province or other authority; 
 
(h) “directions” means written directions of the Speaker as notified in the official 
Gazette; 
 
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(i) “employee” means a person appointed in the Secretariat, who shall have the 
status of a civil servant subject to such modifications as the Speaker in 
consultation with the Finance committee may make, but does not include— 
(a) a person who is on deputation to the Secretariat; and  
(b)  a person who is employed on  contract or work-charged basis or who is 
paid from contingencies; 
 
(j) “Finance Committee” means the Finance Committee of the National Assembly 
constituted as provided in Article 88 of the Constitution; 
 
(k) “Government” means the Federal Government; 
 
(l) “initial appointment” means appointment made otherwise than by promotion 
or transfer; 
 
(m) “pay” means the amount drawn monthly by an employee as pay and includes 
technical pay, special pay, personal pay and other emoluments declared as such 
by the Government for the civil servants subje ct to such modifications as the 
Speaker or the Finance Committee, as the case may be, may make; 
 
(n) “permanent post” means a post sanctioned without limit of time;  
 
(o) “post” means a post sanctioned in the Secretariat; 
 
(p) 1[“prescribed” means prescribed under this Act and rules made thereunder, or 
as the case may be, prescribed under the Civil Servants Act, 1973 (Act No. 
LXXI of 1973) and rules made thereunder including regulations, policies, 
instructions, guidelines clarifications and orders for the time being applicable to 
the civil servants.]; 
 
(q) “rules” means rules made or deemed to have been made under this Act; 
 
(r) “Secretariat” means the National Assembly Secretariat; 
 
(s) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Secretariat who shall have the status of 
a Secretary of the Government and,  in case of absence of Secretary, includes 
any other person authorized by the Speaker to perform the functions as Acting 
Secretary for the time being;  
 
(t) “selection authority ” means the Federal Public Service Commission, a 
Departmental Selection Committee or other authority or body on the 
recommendation of or in consultation with which  any appointment or 
promotion, as may be prescribed, is made; 
 
(u) “Speaker” means the Speaker of the National Assembly; and  
 
(v) “temporary post” means a post other than a permanent post. 
 
1Subs. by the Act No. V of 2026, s. 2. 
 
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 (2)  For the purposes of this Act, an appointment, whether by promotion or otherwise, shall be 
deemed to have been made on regular basis if it is made in the prescribed manner. 
(3)  All w ords and expressions used but not  defined in this Act, shall unless the context 
otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to them in the Constitution. 
CHAPTER-II 
SECRETARIAT 
3.  Secretariat.—There shall be a separate Secretariat of the National Assembly headed by the 
Secretary.  
1[4.  Strength and Composition of the Secretariat.—(1) The total strength of the Secretariat, 
consisting all types of posts, including but not limited to permanent and  temporary posts, shall not 
exceed four hundred percent of the total membership of the National Assembly prescribed in Article 
51 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: 
Provided that the existing strength of the Secretariat shall be reduc ed to the strength 
prescribed in sub -section (1) within a period of eighteen months from the date of 
commencement of the National Assembly Secretariat Employees (Amendment) Act, 2025. 
(2) Subject to sub -section (1), creation, up -gradation, re-designation or abolition of any post 
shall be approved by the Finance Committee and shall be notified in the official Gazette.  
(3) Appointment to a post created or up -graded under sub -section (2) shall be made in the 
manner prescribed in section 6 of this Act.] 
CHAPTER-III 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 
1[5. Terms and conditions of service .— Subject to this Act and rules made thereunder, the 
terms and conditions of service prescribed under the Civil Servant Act, 1973 and rules made thereunder 
including regulations, policies, instructions, guidelines, clarifications and orders for the time being 
applicable to the civil servants shall be applicable and deemed to be and always to have been applicable 
to the employees of the Secretariat in the corresponding posts or BPS.  
Explanation: The following references in the Civil Servants Act, 1973 and rules made 
thereunder including regulations, policies, instructions, guidelines, clarifications and orders shall be 
construed as under:— 
(a) “Civil Servants” or “Government Servants” or “Government employees” as “employees of 
the National Assembly secretariat”; 
 
(b) “Ministry” or “Division” of Federal Government as “National Assembly Secretariat”; 
 
 
(c) “President” or “Prime Minister” as “Speaker”; and  
 
(d) “Secretary” as “Secretary of National Assembly Secretariat”.] 
 
1Subs. by the Act No. V of 2026, ss. 3-4. 
 
 
 
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1[6. Appointments .—(1) Appointment s in the Secretariat shall be made in the prescribed 
manner by the appointing authority through one of the following methods, namely:— 
(a)  by promotion of a person employed in the Secretariat  on the basis of 
recommendations by the Departmental Promotion Committee; or 
 (b)  by initial appointment in the following manner: 
(i)  in BPS -15 and below on the basis of recommendations by the 
Departmental Selection Committee through an open advertisement and 
selection process in accordance with section 5 of this Act; and  
(ii)  in BPS-16 and above on the basis of recommendations by the Federal 
Public Service Commission: 
Provided that in case a post is not advertised by the Commission within a period 
of six months of receipt of a requisition from the Secretariat, the appointing authority 
may withdraw such requisition and make appointments against posts in BPS -16 and 
above on the basis of recommendations by the Departmental Selection Committee 
through an op en advertisement and selection process in accordance with section 5 of 
this Act.  
(2) The Secretariat shall observe the same quota of vacancies as the Federal Government by 
maintaining a roster of each category of the quota from commencement of the Nationa l Assembly 
Secretariat Employees (Amendment) Act, 2025.] 
1[7. Appointments on deputation.—(1) The appointing authority may appoint on deputation 
a person from the Federation or any Province or Authority through circulation of the post amongst 
civil servants if no employee eligible for appointment is available in the Secretariat. For this purpose, 
the Departmental Selection Committee shall circulate the post in the Secretariat and place on record 
with reasons that no eligible employee is available for appointment on the post in the Secretariat.  
(2) Upon receipt of applications the Departmental Selection Committee, after interviewing the 
candidates, shall recommend the eligible and the most suitable candidate in the best interest of the 
Secretariat.  
(3) Appointment on deputation may be made for a period of three years extendable for two 
years only.  
(4) A deputationist shall neither be retained after a period of five years nor appointed by transfer 
or absorbed in the Secretariat.  
(5) A person appointe d on deputation in BPS -20 and below shall only be entitled to draw 
deputation allowance in addition to pay and allowances he was drawing as per the Last Pay Certificate 
issued by his parent department only: 
Provided that sub -section (5) shall apply fr om co mmencement of the National Assembly 
Secretariat Employees (Amendment) Act, 2025.] 
 
1Subs. by the Act No. V of 2026, ss. 5-6. 
 
 
 
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11. Promotion .—(1) An employee possessing such minimum qualifications as m ay be 
prescribed shall be eligible for promotion to  a higher post for the time being  reserved under the rules 
for promotion in the service or cadre to which he belongs.  
(2) A post referred to in sub -section (1) may either be a selection post or a non selection post 
to which promotions shall be made as may be prescribed, — 
(a)   in the case of selection post, on the basis of selection on merit; and 
(b)   in the case of a non-selection post, on the basis of seniority-cum-fitness. 
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                                                      CHAPTER-IV 
 
                                                MICELLANEOUS 
 
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25. Interpretation. — All questions relating to interpretation of provisions of this Act shall be 
referred to the Speaker whose decision thereon shall be final.  
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1Omitted. by the Act No. V of 2026, s. 7. 
 
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CHAPTER-V 
RULES 
27. Rules. —(1) The Speaker may, with the concurrence of the Finance Committee, make rules 
for carrying out the purposes of this Act.  
(2) A ny rules, orders or instructions in respect of any terms and condit ions of service of 
employees duly made or issued by an authori ty competent to make them and in force immediately 
before the commencement of this Act shall, in so far as such rules, orders or instructions are not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be rules made under this Act. 
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30. Repeal. — (1) The National Assembly Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) 
Rules, 1973 are hereby repealed: 
Provided that orders and instructions, including method of appointment already notified issued 
and posts created under these rules shall continue to be in force until relevant directions and rules are 
made under this Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the National Assembly Secretariat (Recruitment and 
Conditions of Service) Rules, 1973 , all orders made, proceedings taken and acts done, including 
appointments made either through initial recruitment, induction, absorption, promotion, regularization 
or on contract basis, obligation, liability or penalty incurred, power conferred or exercise d, by any 
authority or by any person, under the said rules and anything done in exercise of the power s, or 
purported exercise of the powers, conferred by or under the said rules, shall continue and be deemed 
to be and always to have been validly made, taken, done incurred, conferred, exercised or issued under 
this Act and shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever.  
1[31. Act to override other laws. — The provisions of this Act shall have effect 
notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force.] 
 
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RGN Dated: 23-01-2026 
 
1Omitted and added by the Act No. V of 2026, ss. 7-8.