ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday notified the revision of Basic Pay Scales (BPS) and allowances with effect from July 1 of civil servants of the federal government. According to the notification, the ad-hoc allowance at the rate of 50 per cent of basic pay granted with effect from July 1, 2010 will now cease to exist with effect from July 1, 2017 as it has been merged with the basic pay. Similarly, an ad-hoc relief allowance at the rate of 10 per cent of the running basic pay of BPS-2017 will also be allowed to the civil employees and pensioners of the federal government. The notification further said that the basic pay of an employee in service on June 30, 2017 would be fixed in the BPS-2017 on point to point basis, ie at the stage corresponding to that occupied by him or her above the minimum of BPS-2016. Published in Daily Times, July 4th , 2017.