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Punjab Enforcement & Regulatory Authority (PERA) Jobs 2026 — 110 Posts

Punjab Enforcement & Regulatory Authority (PERA), Government of Punjab — Lahore (Directorate General) and District Enforcement & Regulatory Board secretariats across Punjab

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 18 Oct 2026 Updated: 01 Nov 2026 17 min read

The Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (PERA), Government of Punjab, has invited applications from qualified, experienced and competent professionals for 110 contract posts across the province. Ten posts are at the Directorate General of PERA in Lahore, and 100 posts are in the secretariats of the District Enforcement and Regulatory Boards (DERBs) working out of Deputy Commissioner offices across Punjab. The advertisement, published in Jang on 18 October 2026, covers internal affairs leadership, audit, human resources, and information technology roles, including team leads for artificial intelligence and full-stack development, system and data analysts, and a large field cadre of deputy and assistant managers for internal affairs in the districts. Appointments are on contract under the PERA (Appointment and Conditions of Service for Contractual Employees) Regulations, 2026, initially for three years and extendable on satisfactory performance, on the negotiable Special PERA Pay Package (SPPP). Applications are online only through the Punjab Job Portal, and the last date for submission is 8 November 2026, so candidates have only a few days from this article to complete and submit their applications with all documents uploaded.

About Punjab Enforcement & Regulatory Authority (PERA), Government of Punjab

The Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority was established under the Punjab Enforcement and Regulation Act, 2024, as the provincial body that enforces and regulates matters assigned to it by the Government of Punjab. It is a new-generation regulator: rather than a single old department with a fixed field force, PERA works through a headquarters Directorate General in Lahore and a network of District Enforcement and Regulatory Boards whose secretariats sit in Deputy Commissioner offices in the districts. That structure is exactly what this advertisement is staffing — a headquarters cadre for policy, internal oversight, audit, human resources and technology, and a district cadre that carries the authority's enforcement and regulatory work into every district and division. PERA's headquarters are at Charing Cross, Mall Road, Lahore, and its published contact number is 042-99205900. Because the authority is young and still building its establishment, contract appointments on a special pay package are its chosen route for bringing in experienced professionals quickly, rather than waiting for a regular cadre to be created post by post. For applicants, that means the opportunity is real but the terms are contractual: a three-year term, a negotiated package rather than a Basic Pay Scale, and renewal that depends on performance rather than on seniority.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

The 110 posts fall into two groups. The first group of ten sits at the Directorate General in Lahore and covers leadership, audit, human resources and technology. The second group of 100 sits in the DERB secretariats in the districts and is entirely internal-affairs management. The table below lists every post exactly as the advertisement prints it, with its pay package level and post count.

• Head (Internal Affairs): The senior internal-affairs leadership post at the Directorate General in Lahore, heading the authority's internal oversight work across headquarters and the district boards.
• Manager (Internal Affairs): Manages internal-affairs work under the Head, coordinating inquiries, inspections and reporting between the Directorate General and the district secretariats.
• Team Lead (AI & ML): Leads artificial intelligence and machine learning work at headquarters, building the data and analytics capability behind modern enforcement and regulatory decisions.
• Team Lead (Full Stack): Leads full-stack software development at headquarters, responsible for the applications and systems the authority and its district boards run on.
• Deputy Manager (HR): Supports human resource management at the Directorate General, covering recruitment, postings, records and staff matters for a growing contractual workforce.
• System Analyst: Analyses and documents the authority's systems and workflows, bridging the technology teams and the operational wings that use those systems every day.
• Data Analyst: Works with enforcement and regulatory data at headquarters, turning field reports and records into analysis that managers can act on.
• Assistant Manager (Audit): Supports the audit function at the Directorate General, examining accounts, records and procedures and helping keep the authority's own house in order.
• Assistant Manager (Internal Affairs): The headquarters assistant-manager post in internal affairs, supporting inquiries, verification work and case records at the Directorate General.
• System Support Officer: Provides day-to-day systems support at headquarters, keeping users, equipment and applications running so operational work is not interrupted.
• Deputy Manager (Internal Affairs) — DERB Secretariats: One deputy manager in each District Enforcement and Regulatory Board secretariat, in Deputy Commissioner offices, leading internal-affairs work in that district.
• Assistant Manager (Internal Affairs) — DERB Secretariats: The district field cadre: 7 in Lahore, 3 in each of the 9 divisional headquarters (27), and 1 in each of 28 district headquarters (28), supporting internal-affairs work in the DERB secretariats.

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Pakistani citizen meeting the education, experience and age conditions of the post applied for, as set out in that post's job description on pera.punjab.gov.pk and the Punjab Job Portal listing.
• Head (Internal Affairs), SPPP-2: senior leadership profile in internal oversight, as per the post's job description — check the portal listing before applying, as the newspaper advertisement does not print a per-post degree list.
• Manager (Internal Affairs) and Team Leads (AI & ML, Full Stack), SPPP-3: relevant professional background in internal affairs, artificial intelligence and machine learning, or full-stack development respectively, as per each post's job description.
• Deputy Manager (HR), System Analyst and Data Analyst, SPPP-4: relevant professional background in human resources, systems analysis or data analysis respectively, as per each post's job description.
• Assistant Manager (Audit), Assistant Manager (Internal Affairs) and System Support Officer, SPPP-5: relevant professional background in audit, internal affairs or systems support respectively, as per each post's job description.
• DERB Secretariat posts (Deputy Manager and Assistant Manager, Internal Affairs): candidates willing to serve in a District Enforcement and Regulatory Board secretariat in a Deputy Commissioner office anywhere in Punjab, as posted.
• Government servants must apply through the proper channel and produce a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their parent department at the time of interview.
• Only online applications submitted through the Punjab Job Portal, with all educational, experience and other relevant documents duly uploaded, will be entertained; incomplete applications will not be considered.

The most important thing to understand about eligibility for these posts is that the newspaper advertisement itself does not print a per-post table of degrees, experience years and age limits. Instead, the advertisement states plainly that for details of job descriptions, minimum qualification, experience and other terms and conditions of service, applicants must visit pera.punjab.gov.pk, and that applications go through the Punjab Job Portal, where each post's listing carries its own requirements. Any article that invents a degree or an age limit for a PERA post would therefore be guessing, and this article does not do that. What the advertisement does fix is the structure: SPPP-2 for the Head of Internal Affairs, SPPP-3 for the Manager and the two technology team leads, SPPP-4 for the Deputy Manager (HR), the System Analyst, the Data Analyst and the 38 DERB deputy managers, and SPPP-5 for the three headquarters assistant managers, the System Support Officer and the 62 DERB assistant managers. Secondary reports of the advertisement describe the overall education range as running from Intermediate to sixteen years of education depending on the post, and one report mentions an age range of 22 to 65 years, but those figures come from roundups, not from the advertisement's own text, so treat them as a rough guide only and confirm your own post's exact conditions on the portal before you apply. The general rules that do come from the advertisement itself are firm: apply online only, upload every required document, apply through proper channel with an NOC if you are already in government service, and expect only shortlisted candidates to be called for test or interview. Candidates who cannot meet the portal listing for their chosen post should not apply for that post on the strength of a roundup summary.

Salary & Benefits

No fixed monthly salary figure is printed in the advertisement for any of these 110 posts, so none is quoted here. Pay is the Special PERA Pay Package (SPPP), described in the advertisement as negotiable, with the package level tied to the post: SPPP-2 for the Head (Internal Affairs), SPPP-3 for the Manager (Internal Affairs) and the two team leads, SPPP-4 for the Deputy Manager (HR), the System Analyst, the Data Analyst and the DERB deputy managers, and SPPP-5 for the assistant managers and the System Support Officer. In practice, a negotiable special package means the final figure is settled with the selected candidate within the band for that level, rather than being fixed in advance as a Basic Pay Scale with annual increments would be. Applicants should therefore read the package terms in their post's job description and in the offer letter carefully, and should not rely on salary figures quoted in social-media summaries of this advertisement, since the advertisement itself prints none. The appointment is contractual, initially for three years and extendable on satisfactory performance, so the package runs with the contract term and any renewal is a fresh decision, not an automatic extension.

Selection Process

The advertisement sets out a shortlisting-based process rather than an open test for all applicants. Only online applications submitted through the Punjab Job Portal, with all educational, experience and other relevant documents duly uploaded, are entertained, and incomplete applications are not considered at all. From the complete applications, only shortlisted candidates are called for test or interview, and no travelling or daily allowance is admissible for attending. Government servants who are shortlisted must apply through proper channel and produce a No Objection Certificate from their parent department at the time of interview. On selection, candidates receive a provisional or conditional offer letter, subject to verification of all credentials, including academic documents, experience certificates, the NOC where applicable, and antecedents — so a selection is not final until that verification is complete. The appointing authority also reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of posts, or to withhold, cancel or annul the recruitment process against any or all posts, in whole or in part, at any stage, without assigning any reason.

Documents Required

• Updated CV or resume as required by the Punjab Job Portal application form.
• Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC), valid and clearly scanned.
• Domicile certificate, where the post's job description requires one.
• Educational certificates and degrees for the qualification claimed for the post.
• Detailed marks sheets or transcripts supporting the claimed qualification.
• Experience certificates from previous employers, matching the post's requirements.
• Registration or professional certificates, where the post's job description requires them.
• No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the parent department, for government servants, to be produced at interview.
• Recent passport-size photographs, as specified on the portal form.
• Any additional certificates or testimonials mentioned in the post's job description.
• Printed or saved copy of the submitted online application for your own record.
• Original documents for verification at the interview stage, as the offer is conditional on verification.

Terms & Conditions

The appointment terms come from the PERA (Appointment and Conditions of Service for Contractual Employees) Regulations, 2026, and the advertisement states them plainly. Appointments are on contract, initially for three years, extendable subject to satisfactory performance — they are not regular government posts and carry no promise of regularisation. Pay is the negotiable Special PERA Pay Package at the level of the post. Only shortlisted candidates are called for test or interview, no TA or DA is admissible, and incomplete applications are rejected without consideration. Government servants must apply through proper channel with an NOC at interview, and every offer is provisional or conditional until credentials, experience, NOC and antecedents are verified. Canvassing in any form, or submitting false or bogus documents or information, renders a candidate liable to disqualification at any stage, even after selection. Finally, the appointing authority may increase or decrease the number of posts or cancel the process in whole or in part at any stage without assigning a reason, so the 110 posts are the advertised establishment, not a guarantee that every post will be filled.

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