Hire and pay employees in
Pakistan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Pakistan. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Pakistan is 1 day with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in Pakistan with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Pakistan, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Pakistan quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Pakistan
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Pakistan within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

Pension Fund
Social Security
Disability Insurance
Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
Global Life Insurance - Allianz

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Pakistan

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage is PKR 37,000 per month.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 35%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.

Annual Taxable Income	Tax Rate
PKR 0 to 600,000	0%
PKR 600,000 to 1,200,000	5%
PKR 1,200,000 to 2,400,000	15%
PKR - 2,400,000 to 3,600,000	25%
PKR 3,600,000 to 6,000,000	30%
Over PKR 6,000,000	35%

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 16.7-22.7% + fees of the employee's salary.

Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) - 6% with minimum salary of PKR 37,000
Gratuity Fund Contribution - 8.33%
Life insurance - PKR 608
EOBI (employee-old-age-benefit) - PKR 1,850
Festival Bonus: 8.33%

Please note: some contributions have limits, so percentages may vary.

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Overtime payment is mandatory and may be included in the salary. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 3 hours of overtime. For additional hours, employees are paid:

200% of the hourly rate, the first three hours.
300% of the hourly rate, for public holidays

Standard working hours are eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.

Maternity Leave

Pregnant employees are entitled 180 days of paid maternity leave for a first child, 120 days for a second child and 90 days for 3+ children. The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and the employer will be responsible for this pay.

Paternity Leave

Employees are entitled to 30 days of paid leave for the birth of a child. This is paid for by the employer at 100% of their regular salary.

Parental Leave

In Pakistan, no law covers parental leave. However, employees may be entitled to maternity leave and paternity leave.

Sick Leave

Sick leave in Pakistan is not defined as per local labor law, however, employees may use their paid vacation days to take sick leave. This leave will be paid in the same way normal vacation leave is paid. If an employee has no vacation leave accrued, they may take an unpaid day for sick leave.

Termination Requirements

Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.

Terminations in Pakistan can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Pakistan for employers outside the probation period and termination must be done for just cause.

Compliant terminations include:

Voluntarily by the employee
By mutual agreement
Unilaterally by the employer based on:
- Probation period
- Objective grounds
- Disciplinary dismissal
- Performance due to unsuitability for the job
By the expiration of the contract

Notice Period

The minimum notice period is 30 days.

Severance for Employees

In Pakistan, all employees who are terminated are entitled to severance pay unless it was for misconduct. Severance pay is 30 days of salary per year of service up to six months based compensation.

To protect you from unforeseen financial risks arising from terminations, Deel applies a Severance Accrual to all employment agreements in this country. Deel has extensive expertise in managing litigation risk globally and our Severance Accrual calculation is based on the prevailing common-law or statutory entitlements and local best practices. In the event your employee resigns or is not entitled to severance, all unused amounts will be returned to you.

Paid Time Off

Both full-time and part-time employees are entitled to 14 days of paid time off (PTO) a year. PTO accrues monthly at 1.66 days per month. Employees are eligible for annual leave after 12 months of work.

Public Holidays

Pakistan celebrates both 17 national and 22 regional holidays based on the location of the employee.
National public holidays include:
- Kashmir Day
- Pakistan Day
- Eid ul-Fitr (3 days)
- Labor Day
- Youm-e-Takbeer
- Eid ul-Azha (3 days)
- Ashura (2 days)
- Independence Day
- Milad un-Nabi
- Allama Iqbal Day
- Quiad-e-Azam Day/Christmas
- Day after Christmas (for Christians only)

Onboarding

Onboarding takes one business day

Employment Contract Details

Contracts must be in English. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.

A contract must include:

Name
Start date
Length of the employment
Job description
Termination conditions

Probation Period

Probation periods are not mandatory. The minimum probation period is typically 30 days and the maximum is 90 days, however, it could be increased if agreed upon in the employment agreement.

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Hiring in Pakistan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Pakistan with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Pakistan and 150+ countries.

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

17-23%

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