Three proposed amendments to Bahrain’s pension laws could be rejected by the Shura Council on Sunday over concerns that extending pension payments to beneficiaries by two additional years could undermine the financial sustainability of retirement funds and jeopardise their ability to meet future obligations.
The bills seek to increase the age at which eligible children lose their entitlement to a deceased parent’s pension from 22 to 24, while extending the entitlement for university and higher education students from 26 to 28, or until graduation, whichever comes first .
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