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The changes will not be applicable to people who have already retired, except in cases where multiple pensions are paid.<br \/>\nIt also ended annual compounding of the pension and any increase would be treated separately from the base pension\u0097in a concept that is similar to the ad-hoc salary increase that is not made part of the basic salary to avoid compounding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reduced benefits ISLAMABAD The government on Wednesday drastically reduced pension benefits of retired civil and armed forces personnel aimed at containing a growing pension bill, which has already swelled over Rs1 trillion the fourth largest expense in the budget. 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