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• Judges’ salaries raised to Rs1.5m per month
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved an increase in the salaries, judicial allowance and pension benefits of Supreme Court judges, bringing them at par with those of judges of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), effective from Dec 10, 2025.
Under the Salary of Judges of the Supreme Court Order, 2026, the monthly salary of Supreme Court judges has been increased to Rs1.5 million from the earlier Rs1.16m. The order will come into force immediately and will be deemed to have taken effect from Dec 10, 2025.
