Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi, taking cognizance of the large number of complaints being received from the senior citizens and pensioners who were being maltreated at some National Saving Centres, has taken suo motu notice.
The Federal Ombudsman, in this regard, has deputed an inspection team comprising Senior Advisor Ahmad Farooq, Pervez Haleem Consultant (Implementation) and M. Javed Chaudhary, Director Media to spot check and verify the complaints of the clients at these centres. It would be recalled that the Central Directorate of National Savings has billions of rupees worth of deposits belonging to poor pensioners and senior citizens’ hard-earned savings.