APP employee gets pension increase after 7 years due to Ombudsman’s intervention

ISLAMABAD, May 1: Due to intervention of Federal Ombudsman an employee of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) gets increase in pension after 07 years. As per details, a retired employee of AAP Mr. Muhammad Nawaz filed a complaint against APP before the Federal Ombudsman for failure to make 10% increase in his pension. He stated that APP pensioners were not getting raise in their pension due to the decision of the APP Board of Directors (BoD) taken in 2015. He added that the APP BoD in its meeting in September, 2019 decided to increase 10% Pension for APP pensioner’s w.e.f.1.7.2015 subject to the creation of APP Pension Fund. He further stated that despite lapse of considerable time neither the APP Pension Fund was created nor the increase in pension was allowed to pensioners. He requested that the Agency be asked to implement the APP BoD decision in the best interest of justice. During hearing proceedings the representatives of APP and Ministry of Finance appeared and presented their points of view. The Ombudsman noted that the matter has been pending for long and directed for speedy finalization of the proposed mechanism within 45 days. Finally the APP implemented the decision of WM and informed that after @ 10% increase in pension, the complainant would received Rs.56,219 per month as compared to Rs.43,217/-. The complainant has thanked the Federal Ombudsman that due to his intervention he received an increase in his pension after 07 years.-PR