EOBI Old-Age Pension Payments Reach Rs31.54 Billion in FY2026
EOBI paid Rs31.54 billion in old-age pensions during July-March FY2026, with 322,751 active old-age pensioners reported.
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EOBI paid Rs31.54 billion in old-age pensions during July-March FY2026, with 322,751 active old-age pensioners reported.
EOBI paid Rs21.37 billion in survivor pensions during July-March FY2026, with 248,357 active survivor pensioners reported.
EOBI collected Rs63.15 billion in contributions during July-March FY2026, an increase of 11.47% over the comparable reported figure.
Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 shows 11.99 million employees and 159,526 employers registered with EOBI by February 2026.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in October 2026 that the government is working to broaden EOBI coverage and improve digital pension verification for senior citizens.
Pakistan and the Philippines discussed EOBI, pension systems and migrant worker protection during the Abu Dhabi Dialogue 2026.
CDA and EOBI agreed in July 2026 to prepare joint projects in tourism, recreation, hotels and other sectors in Islamabad, subject to final approval.
EOBI is integrating its complaint system with government grievance channels and has established help desks in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.
EOBI’s investment portfolio reached Rs691.91 billion by February 2026, with fixed-income investments providing the largest share of pension fund returns.
The President of Pakistan ordered EOBI to grant family pension to a divorced sister of a deceased employee, highlighting an important pension rights case.
A 2026 Federal Constitutional Court ruling upheld pension rights for workers with more than 14.5 years of insurable employment under EOBI’s rounding-off mechanism.
A draft Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Bill 2026 proposes broader EOBI coverage for self-employed people, overseas workers, homemakers and informal workers.
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