Ex-Government Servants (Employment with Foreign Governments) (Prohibition) Act, 1966

This 1966 Act (marked "under review" in the source document) restricts former Pakistani government employees from taking up jobs with foreign governments or foreign agencies, for national security reasons. Section 2 defines "ex-Government servant" as anyone who was previously an officer or servant of the Federal or a Provincial Government and has since left that role; "foreign agency" is defined broadly to include diplomatic or consular offices of a foreign government, as well as any information, public relations, trade, or commercial agency, service centre, or foundation maintained by a foreign government or a foreign national; and "foreign Government" means the government of any foreign country.

Section 3 sets out the prohibition: an ex-Government servant may not seek or take up employment with a foreign government or foreign agency without prior written permission from the Federal Government (or someone it authorises). Anyone already working for a foreign government or agency when the Act came into force had to obtain written permission to continue that employment beyond three months from commencement.

Section 4 sets the penalty for violating Section 3: imprisonment for up to seven years, a fine of up to fifty thousand rupees, forfeiture of property, or any two or more of these penalties combined.

This is an older statute (1966) explicitly flagged as "under review" in the source, with amendment footnotes showing the penalty section was substituted in 1982 and other changes made in 1984 and via the 1975 adaptation order, so its current status and exact penalty figures should be confirmed against the latest official text.