A period spent by a Govt.

servant in Foreign Service will qualifies him to earn leave but the
condition is that he/she must be paid by the Govt.
A Govt. employee of Non-Vacation department (or an employee who has not vacations round a
year e.g. summer holidays, winter holidays etc.) will earn 4 leaves on full pay in a full calendar
month. Duty period less than 15 days in a month will not be credited in to the leave credit of an
employee. If the duty period is more than 15 days, it will be credited into his/her leave credit.
A Govt. employee of Vacation department will earn only one leave per month and the vacation
period will not be considered as part of his leave credit.
How Much Leaves on full pay can be availed
The leaves on full pay can be availed at one time at the following conditions:
120 days leave without medical certificate
180 days leave with medical certificate
365 days leave in full service on medical grounds
Note: All these leaves will be deducted from the leave credit of the employee.
Leave on Half Pay
If an employee needs more leaves than leaves in his credit, then there is option for an employee
to convert some of his leaves on full pay into leaves on half pay or entire full pay leaves into half
pay leave. The example of this condition is that suppose an employee needs 50 days leave and
he/she has only 25 leaves on full pay in his leave credit, then he can convert 25 days full pay
leave into 50 days leave on half pay.
Leave without Pay or Extra Ordinary Leave
An employee can avail leave without pay for a maximum period of 5 years at a time on any
reason but the condition is that the civil servant must have rendered a minimum continuous
service of 10 years.
If the civil servant has not completed continuous 10 years service then the employee can avail 2
years leave without pay at the discretion of the head of the department.
A civil servant can avail 5 years leave without pay more than once after a spell of 10 years each
time.
Special Leave for Female Civil Servant

A female civil servant is entitled to avail 135 days leave on her husbands death. Such leave will
not be debited from her leave credit. In this condition the female servant will provide death
certificate of her husband and the leave will start from the date of death of her husband.
Maternity Leave
A female civil servant can avail leave on full pay for maximum 90 days without any limit, if she is
the employee of vacation department and the leaves will not be debited from her leave account
credit.
If the maternity leave is required for such employee more than 3 times then the leaves will be
debited from her leave account credit. After the birth of baby, the female civil servant will avail
only 45 days maternity leave not more but the total period of leave before and after the birth of
the baby is 90 days.
A non-vacation department female civil servant or female employee who is not entitled
vacations (summer, winter vacations etc.) can avail maternity leave without any restriction and
the leaves will be debited from her leave account credit.
Disability Leave for Civil Servant
An employee disabled by injury, ailment or disease can get leave on disability grounds for a
maximum period of 720 days. The condition is that this disability be a hindrance to serve his/her
duty. Such an employee will get full pay for 180 days and half pay for the remaining period.
Study Leave
Study leave is granted for a maximum 2 years on half pay in the entire service to the civil Govt.
servant who has 5 years service. This leave is granted to study scientific technical problems.
Leave without pay can be combined with study leave but the condition of 2 years will not now
apply in this case.
Ex-Pakistan Leave
This leave is granted on full pay to the civil servant who applies for proceeding abroad during
leave or at the time of posted abroad.
Such an employee will be paid for the actual period that he spends abroad for a maximum
period of 120 days.
Ex-Pakistan leave can be granted on full pay, half pay or without pay whichever is applicable.