Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has directed all the Federal Government Agencies to ensure timely payment of pension and retirement dues to the government servants particularly low paid employees.
He warned that strict legal action will be taken against those responsible for delay. Wafaqi Mohtasib has also constituted a Monitoring Committee under Mr. Ayub Khan Tareen Senior Advisor WMS which will present a comprehensive report within six weeks by identifying the problems and bottlenecks after meeting the relevant Ministries and departments.
He was chairing a meeting with the senior officers of important Ministries and AGPR for implementing the recommendations of Pension Committee for redressal of hundreds of complaints regarding delay in payment of pension. Earlier on, a committee of Wafaqi Mohtasib had submitted a comprehensive report to improve the pension system whose recommendations are not being implemented fully. The Wafaqi Mohtasib stressed on the heads of institutions that they should personally monitor the work of the responsible officers and staff in dealing with pension complaints and ensure immediate implementation of decisions of the Wafaqi Mohtasib. During the meeting he remarked that low paid employees are like our children and there should be no delay in issuance of their pension because they cannot meet their household expenses without pension.
