LAHORE: On the orders of Punjab Ombudsman retired Maj Azam Suleman Khan, financial relief valuing Rs27.85 million has been provided to applicants from several districts in various cases.
The salary arrears of Rs1.3 million of late Shamim Bibi employed by the Local Bodies Department in Okara has been disbursed to her daughter Saira Munawar who approached the ombudsman office for the provision of the same after the death of Bibi.
In another development, Rs0.9 million has been refunded to the legal heirs of one Muhammad Idris on the direction of the ombudsman office. Idris, an employee of Faisalabad Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA), died during service.
In a separate development, the office intervened to retrieve 9.18 Kanal land of Government Girls High School Bhon Kalan in Hafizabad district. The land valuing Rs15.6 million have been retrieved on the complaint of Muhammad Rafiq.
Alongside, the education department has paid outstanding monthly salaries to complainant Hanifaan Bibi of Okara in compliance with the directions of the ombudsman office. The applicant was also given financial aid worth Rs1.6 million besides the provision of Rs0.7 million as arrears of salaries.
The office has also arbitrated to ensure payment of outstanding dues worth Rs4.2 million to a Shakargarh-based applicant, Zohra Parveen, after the death of her education department employee spouse who died during service.
While taking action on the separate application of the widow of Muhammad Nazir, an irrigation department baildar in Mandi Bahauddin, Rs1.1 million was provided to the applicant as financial relief by the department.
Another widow applicant received lump sum dues worth Rs.2.2 million of her husband Irfan Ali who was a contract employee of the health department in Muzaffargarh.
In another development, Aisha Shafiq of Jampur tehsil of Rajanpur district was given Rs24,000 as an educational stipend by the Punjab Social Protection Agency.
The applicants have thanked the ombudsman office for the speedy redressal of their complaints.
