PUNJAB ADVISORS (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE, 2002

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THE PUNJAB ADVISORS (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND 
PRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE, 2002 
(LXXVII of 2002) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Appointment and term of office  
4. Salary 
5. Sumptuary Allowance  
6. Transport 
7. Official residence 
8. Travelling allowance  
9. Form of Certificate 
10. [Omitted] 
11. Financial assistance in case of death 
12. Daily allowance  
13. Controlling Officer  
14. Travelling allowance for tour abroad  
15. Medical facilities  
16. Leave 
17. Personal Staff  
18. General 
19. Telephone 
20. Power to make rules 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB ADVISORS (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) 
ORDINANCE, 2002 
(LXXVII of 2002) 
[28th October, 2002] 
An 
Ordinance 
to provide for appointment, salary, allowances and privileges of Advisors to the Chief 
Minister of the Punjab; 
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to provide for appointment, salary, allowances 
and privileges of Advisors to the Chief Minister of the Punjab; 
And whereas  the Provincial Assem bly of the Punjab is dissolved and the 
Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take 
immediate action; 
And whereas  under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) 
Order No.9 of 1999, as amended by the Chief Executive‟s Order  No.11 of 2000, the 
Governor of a Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance; 
Now, therefore,  in exercise of the aforesaid powers and all other powers 
enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and 
promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 
Punjab Advisors (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the subject or context otherwise 
requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to 
them respectively: 
(a) “Advisor” means a person appointed as Advisor to the Ch ief Minister 
under this Ordinance; 
(b) “Chief Minister” means the Chief Minister of the Punjab; 
(c) “family” means the wife and children residing with and wholly 
dependent upon the Advisor; 
(d) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; 
(e) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of local 
rates, tax and the provision of electricity, water and gas; 
                                                 
1Promulgated by the Governor of the  Punjab on 28 October 2002; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 28 October 2002, pages 3125-3129. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), 
it will remain in force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the 
Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
(f) “official residence” means the house reserved from time to time for 
residence by a n Advisor and includes out houses and gardens 
appurtenant thereto; and 
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules framed under this Ordinance;  
3. Appointment and term of office .– (1) The Chief Minister may appoint not 
more than five Advisors who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Chief 
Minister. 
(2) An Advisor shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by 
the Chief Minister. 
4. Salary.– 
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[(1)] The Salary of an Advisor shall be 
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[
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[six hundred and sixty -five] 
thousand] rupees per month. 
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[
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[(2) The Government  may, by notification  in the official Gazette  increase 
the salary mentioned in subsection (1).] 
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5. Sumptuary Allowance.– An Advisor shall be entitled to get 8[fifteen thousand] 
rupees per month as sumptuary allowance. 
6. Transport.– An Advisor to the  Chief Minister shall be entitled to the use of 
one official car throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days 
immediately thereafter; provided that the Chief Minister may withhold this facility to 
an Advisor who is removed from his office on the ground of misconduct. 
7. Official residence.– (1) An Advisor shall be entitled, without payment of rent, 
to the use of an official residence including accommodation on tour throughout his 
term of office, and for a period of fifteen days immediately  thereafter, and the 
charges for its maintenance including the electricity and gas charges shall be borne 
by Government. The residence shall be furnished by Government at a cost not 
exceeding one hundred thousand rupees. 
 (2) If at the time of entering upo n office, an official residence is not 
available, an Advisor shall, until such residence is provided by Government, be paid 
the actual expenditure incurred by him on furnished accommodation for himself and 
his family, subject to a maximum of twenty thousand rupees per month. 
 (3) Where an Advisor chooses to reside:–  
                                                 
2Renumbered by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordi nary), 
dated 17 February 2016, pp. 3911-3914, s.8: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. 
3Substituted for the words “thirty thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), pu blished in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.9. 
4Substituted for the words “one hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835 -1836, s.8(a). 
5Inserted by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary) , dated 
17 February 2016, pp. 3911-3914, s.8: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015.  
6Substituted by the Pun jab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.8(b). 
7Omitted by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.8(c). 
8Substituted for the words “ four thousand ” by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.9. 
(i) in his own house; or 
(ii) in a rented house occupied by him before his appointment as a n 
Advisor; 
he may be paid a monthly sum of twenty thousand rupees in lieu of the official 
furnished ac commodation and to cover all expenses on its maintenance. The 
charges for consumption of electricity and gas in respect of the said house shall be 
borne by Government. 
8. Travelling allowance .– (1) Subject to the provisions made hereafter a n 
Advisor travelling on official duty shall be treated as a first grade officer. 
 (2) An Advisor may, if the public interest so demands, travel by air in which 
case he shall be entitled to– 
(a) business class airfare paid for himself; 
(b) cost of transporting personal lug gage up to forty five kilograms, 
inclusive of the free allowance given by the air company; 
(c) take with himself the spouse when travelling by a commercial 
aeroplane; and 
(d) claim the actual premium paid for insuring himself for the air journey for 
an amount not exceeding one lac rupees. 
(3) Wherever possible an Advisor shall purchase return air ticket. 
(4)  An Advisor, when travelling on duty by rail in Pakistan, shall be entitled 
to– 
(a) requisition at the cost of Government– 
(i) an ordinary first-cum-second class carriage or a „B‟ class tourist 
car or an „A‟ class tourist car, if a „B‟ class tourist car is not 
available; or 
(ii) if the vehicles specified at (i) above are not available, or are not 
desired an ordinary four berthed first class compartment o r a 
two berthed air-conditioned (coupe) compartment; 
(b) take with himself in the reserved accommodation without payment of 
any fair, his family members not exceeding four when travelling in a 
requisitioned railway compartment or saloon; 
(c) take with hims elf up to two personal servants by the lowest class of 
accommodation available; and 
(d) the carriage of personal luggage up to one hundred and twenty 
kilograms when travelling by a railway compartment or up to two 
hundred and forty kilogram when travelling by a requisitioned railway 
saloon. 
 (5) An Advisor reserving accommodation in a railway shall be required 
before beginning the journey, to have the number and other details of the tickets 
purchased for the persons travelling with him in the reserved accom modation 
entered in the requisition form by the station master of the station from where the 
journey is to commence. 
 (6) When a n Advisor travels on duty, in the public interest, by road 
between places connected by Railway and chooses to forego the privile ges granted 
under sub -section (4), he may, where the journey is performed in a vehicle not 
owned or maintained by Government, draw– 
(a) travelling allowance at the rate of three rupees per kilometer for his 
own journey by road, and 
(b) actual expenses of transport of– 
(i) two private servants; and 
(ii) all his personal luggage including stores carried for consumption 
on tour. 
9. Form of Certifi cate.– Every claim by a n Advisor for travelling allowance or 
daily allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in the following form signed 
by him: 
 “Certified that the amount has not been claimed by me in any other bill or 
drawn by me from any other source.” 
      
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[11. Financial assistance in case of death.– In case of death of an Advisor, legal 
heirs of the deceased Advisor shall be entitled to receive such amount as financial 
assistance from the Government  as admissible to a deceased civil servant of the 
Government in the highest grade.] 
12. Daily allowance .– An Advisor shall, while on tour, be entitled to receive a 
daily allowance at the rate of five hundred and fifty rupees per day: 
Provided that where the duration of tour is less than eight hours, one half daily 
allowance shall be admissible. 
13. Controlling Officer.– The Minister Finance shall, for purposes of travelling 
allowances, be the Controlling Officer of an Advisor. 
14. Travelling allowance for tour abroad .– An Advisor travelling on official 
business outside Pakistan shall be enti tled to first class air fare and such allowance 
as may be specified by Government. 
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[15. Medical facilities .– An Advisor shall be entitled, for himself and for his 
parents, spouse, real and step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, to 
medical fac ilities admissible in terms of the Special Medical Attendance Rules, 
1950.] 
16. Leave.– 
(a)  The Chief Minister may grant, to a n Advisor during his term of office at 
any one time or from time to time, leave of absence, for urgent reasons 
of health or priva te affairs, for a period not exceeding three months in 
the aggregate.  
                                                 
9Omitted by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2021 (XLVIII of 2021), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 3213-3214, s.5. 
10Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII of 2025), published in Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 12th  November 2025, pp 2363- 2368, s.7(g). 
11Substituted by the  Punjab Revision of Medical Facilities of Public Representatives Act 2006 (XV of 2006); and published in 
the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 2.11.2006, pages 1555-1556, s.8. 
(b) The leave allowance of an Advisor shall be the same as his salary. 
17. Personal Staff.– An Advisor, except while on leave, shall be entitled to have 
such personal staff as may be sanctioned from time to time by Government. 
18. General.– (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that the official 
residence, transport and furniture provided to a n Advisor by Government are used 
with the same care with which a person‟s own property is taken care of. 
 (2) All furniture and furnishing provided  in an official residence shall be 
marked by the Buildings Department, Punjab, for the purpose of identification. 
 (3) When an Advisor occupies an official residence, it shall be the duty of  
the officer concerned of the said Department to hand over charge of the furniture and 
furnishings in that residence to the Advisor or to a person authorized by him in 
writing according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed by such officer. 
 (4) When a n Advisor is about to vacate the official residence, he shall 
inform the officer concerned of the said Department and shall arrange that the 
furniture and furnishings of the official residence are handed over to that officer 
according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed. 
19. Telephone.– An Advisor shall be entitled to one official telephone at office 
and one official telephone at the residence, both for official and private purposes ; 
provided that the liability of Government in respect of the telephon e installed at the 
residence shall not exceed an amount equal to eight thousand local calls. 
20. Power to make rules .– Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.