LAHORE: The Office of Punjab Ombudsman has moderated for payment of Rs33.09 million in financial relief to 11 complainants from six districts after they approached the agency against provincial government departments to eke out their legal rights.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, a spokesman for the ombudsman explained the irrigation department has paid Rs4.89 million as salary arrears to work-charge employees on the complaint of Muhammad Waqas of Bahawalpur.
In another development, Ghulam Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology in Rahim Yar Khan has provided Rs1.75 million to Muhammad Shahran while the irrigation department has also disbursed financial aid arrears worth Rs1.2 million to Shamim Akhtar of Vehari.
Alongside, arrears of her late husband’s salary amounting to Rs2.67 million has been disbursed to Tasneem Akhtar of Toba Tek Singh by Punjab Employees Social Security Institutions (PESSI), the spokesman added.
The ombudsman office also intervened for payment of Rs1.9 million to Abdul Khaliq of Sahiwal as late wife’s employment dues, Rs2.92 million to Rubina Kausar as her late school teacher husband’s dues and Rs3.53 million to Shagufta Begum as deceased husband’s dues the forest department, the spokesman mentioned.
The spokesman further said the highways department in Rahim Yar Khan has returned pending security dues of Rs4 million to Zakaullah of Lahore while the health department has given Rs1.8 million back to complainant Muhammad Saeed as payment for medicines supplied by him.
The ombudsman office also interacted to ensure payment of Rs2.45 million and Rs6 million respectively to Azizullah and Rab Nawaz Khan of Jhang district as the payment of supplied sugarcane, the spokesman said.
