Must be age 50 and have contributed 20 years into the system to collect full retirement benefits. Retirement for all members is mandatory at age 55. Paid medical and dental plans. The Trooper contributes 20% and the state covers the remaining 80% of the cost of the medical plan.
First of all, it's not stan that is the suffix, rather it is istan, which means land in farsi/urdu languages. Pak = pure, Istan = land, Pakistan = the land of the pure. Uzbek = the ethnic people Uzbeks, Istan = land, Uzbekistan = the land of the Uzbeks. ... and so on. Light of Knowledge Â· 8 years ago.
Before 1971 it was called West Pakistan because an East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) also existed both together was called Pakistan, Before 1947 the land now called Pakistan was was made up of four British Indian provinces they are called Punjab (western half), North West Frontier, Sindh (Most of it), and Balochistan. whole industry has been made out of this-it was all India, then the great break up into India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).