The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday ordered immediate payment of group insurance claims of the Sindh government’s retired employees.
A two-judge bench of the Sindh high court (SHC), headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar, blasted the State Life for keeping claims in pending for long time, while hearing a case of delay in payment of group insurance of 5,00,000 government employees of Sindh.
“Sitting over Rs. 2.5 billion funds, the insurance company keeps claims pending. A criminal case can be filed against them,” the bench remarked.
The court directed the government to amend the law, like other provinces, for immediate payment of the group insurance amount.
Secretary Finance Sindh informed the court that claims of families of 5,000 deceased employees have also been pending.
