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President Alvi directs WAPDA to reinstate special person’s welfare grant

President Alvi directs WAPDA

President Dr. Arif Alvi has ordered the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to restore a special person’s welfare grant. The president accepted the appeal of complainant Syed Noor Ali Zaidi against the decision of the Federal Ombudsman. President Dr. Arif Alvi said that WAPDA should immediately pay the welfare grant to the disabled … Read more

Fauzia Viqar takes oath as Federal Ombudsman for protection against harassment

Fauzia Viqar

Ms Fauzia Viqar took oath Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment at Workplace President Dr Arif Alvi administered oath of office She replaces Kashmala Tariq to the post   ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday administered oath of office to Ms Fauzia Viqar as Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment at Workplace. The oath-taking … Read more

President Alvi stresses on raising awareness on functions of Wafaqai Mohtasib Secretariat

President Dr Arif Alvi has called for increasing the physical and geographical outreach of the Federal Ombudsman to provide free-of-cost justice to the people of remote areas against administrative injustices. Read more: SAPM Sania Nishtar warns agents against illegal deduction from Ehsaas Kafaalat Speaking at a briefing on the role of Wafaqi Mohtasib in Islamabad on … Read more

Ombudsman orders action against NPF, CDA employees for mishandling E-11 Sector issues

Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has directed National Police Foundation (NPF) and Capital Development Authority (CDA) heads to take disciplinary action against their employees involved in mishandling the issues of E-11 Sector. The Federal Ombudsman had earlier ordered an inquiry on the complaints of residents of E-11 Sector against NPF for construction of illegal/unauthorized speed … Read more

Federal Ombudsman vows to bring ease in disbursement for EOBI’s pensioners

Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has vowed to take up the biometric verification issue of ailing EOBI’s pensioners as they have to undergo verification process after every three months and to bring ease for them by developing a mechanism in which aged and sick pensioners would not suffer. Qureshi, who was having his first interaction … Read more

Federal Ombudsman appoints Grievance Commissioners for women employees, children

ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi has appointed Grievance Commissioners for women employees and children. Addressing the officers and staff of the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat on Tuesday, the federal ombudsman, who took the oath of his office on 27th December 2021, said that the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat’s mandate is to redress the grievances of general … Read more

President Alvi directs Slic to pay over Rs1.6 million to deceased policyholders’ families

President Alvi advises NBP to pay Rs500,000 to bank fraud victim

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has rejected four separate representations, filed by the State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) against the decisions of the Federal Ombudsman, ordering it to pay a collective amount of over Rs1.6 million to the families of the deceased life insurance policyholders. The corporation had refused to pay the amount assured in … Read more