As per directions of Ombudsman Punjab Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan, legal relief of more than Rs27.53 million has been provided to the plaintiffs of different cities who approached the ombudsman office for the resolution of their problems.
According to details, due to the involvement of the ombudsman office, the public road in 18 Hazari tehsil of Jhang district has been completely restored by retrieving the 203.17 Kanal portion from illegal occupants. The market value of the recovered portion is around 23 million. Similarly, pending dues of Rs21, 18,841 have also been paid to the widow of late Shakil Ahmad who was employed as lab attendant with Govt Associate College for Women Kaloorkot in district Bhakar.
In another development, Muhammad Siddique of Chunian tehsil of Kasur district obtained family pension dues of around 1.3 million rupees of his late wife after the involvement of the ombudsman office.
Meanwhile, the health department provided ample stock of necessary medicines, along with the budget for necessary repair, after the own motion notice of Ombudsman Azam Suleman Khan that he took over a piece of news regarding the lack of medical facilities in Changa Manga’s rural health center.
The ombudsman office, acting on a separate application of Yunis Aziz of Lahore, negotiated to reimburse Rs1181779 to the applicant. The amount was kept pending by highway sub-division Mandi Bahauddin. Alongside, necessary steps have also been taken by the Sialkot administration on a separate own motion notice of Ombudsman Azam Suleman on the news about encroachment in Sialkot city and trespassers have been fined 9 lakh rupees.
