LAHORE
On the order of the Ombudsman Punjab Maj. (R) Azam Suleman Khan, a cumulative relief of Rs.12.92 million has been provided to complainants of different districts in their cases relating to provincial government departments.
The spokesperson of the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab said in a statement issued on Monday.
Studying children of Ghulam Farid of Lahore have been provided talent scholarships worth Rs.3,33,233 by the Punjab Workers Welfare Fund on the orders of the provincial ombudsman said the spokesperson.
In another case, he added that a sum of 2.432 million rupees has been released to construct a boundary wall of Govt. Girls High School Dandian in Kamoki tehsil.
The spokesman informed that the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab moderated for payment of Rs.28,08,050 to Allah Wasaya of Kasur as pension arrears and also intervened in the payment of employment dues of Rs.12,93,770 to Sardar Masih of Faisalabad. Similarly, Sarfraz Khan of Jhang district succeeded in eking out the pending amount of 18,13,000 rupees of his sugarcane crop after the involvement of the ombudsman’s office, he mentioned.
The spokesman further stated that Rs.17,03,213 was paid to a Mianwali-based government contractor namely Khaliq Dad Khan. 13,46,751 rupees was released to Abdul Ghafoor Dar of Gujrat as arrears in addition to the issuance of a family pension to him.
In another development, five lakh rupees were paid to Ali Ramzan of Sialkot as a death grant and Muhammad Tariq of Nankana Sahib was given Rs.3,22,222 as arrears of payments for services rendered to the Buildings Department.
The spokesman noted that arrears worth Rs.2,16,699 are paid to Muhammad Afzal of Rahim Yar Khan in addition to the restoration of the monthly grant of the provincial welfare fund.
In a separate development, 1,03,275 is released to Syed Khadim Hussain of Gujranwala as rent arrears of his building and an ducational stipend of 50,000 from the welfare fund has also been paid to Rajab Ali of Toba Tek Singh on the instructions of the ombudsman’s office, concluded the spokesman.
