KARACHI – The board members of Sindh Police Benevolent and Welfare Fundhave unanimously approved to bring the welfare facilities for Cops at parwith their colleagues in Punjab police department.

The spokesman of Sindh police informed Radio Pakistan Karachi that theboard approved the increase of marriage grant from ten thousand rupees tofifty thousand rupees and in case of marriage of a son and a daughter cashmoney equivalent to fifty thousand rupees will be provided to each bringingtotal amount to one hundred thousand rupees.

Retirement grant on conclusion of twenty-five years services has beenraised from fifteen thousand rupees to equivalent of basic salary, whilethose retiring at age of sixty years will also be entitled of basic payinstead of existent retirement grant of twenty-five thousand rupees.

The board also endorsed that hundred percent scholarship will be granted tothe children of police department employees securing sixty-five percentmarks while medical support of one million rupees would be provided tothose serving as well as retired employees inflicted with any serious andlife threatening disease.