Federal Ombudsman stressed for introduction of E-p
ension system in all federal government departments at the earliest and to ensure payment of family p
ension without succession certificate. Pursuance to meeting under the chair of Sye
d Tahir Shahbaz, Wafaqi Mohtasib for reviewing the status of implementation of Wafaqi Mohtasib’s Secretariat for facilitation and timely finalization of p
ension cases of federal government employees, instructions have been issued to federal government departments to ensure the process of finalization of p
ension cases within 30 days. Wafaqi Mohtasib appreciated the efforts of government departments for the facilitation of p
ension process of federal government employees but still a lot is to be done, especially for implementation of new regulations which would further facilitate p
ension cases.
Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhtar, Sr. Advisor (Law)/Grievance Commissioner for Overseas Pakistanis, Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat stated that certain issues regarding retiring employees have been addressed and most importantly retiring employee would automatically receiving 65% of his basic pay as anticipatory p
ension. He further stated that through introduction of e-p
ension system, the date of all departments would automatically interconnect with the E-system of AGPR and their complete information would be available with the AGPR. He further stated that no succession certificate would be required in future for issuance of family p
ension.
Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhtar, Sr. Advisor (Law)/ Grievance Commissioner for Overseas Pakistanis, Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat stated that the decision has been taken that E-P
ension system may be finalized and introduced within all federal government departments and CGA & AGPR may inform about the status of implementation e-P
ension System and to ensure its finalization by June, 2019. For implementation of E-p
ension system, all Ministries/Departments must cooperate with CGA & AGPR in order to ensure that p
ension cases are finalized within time and service record of the employees is computerized including entertaining the service book in the system. He informed that instructions regarding payment of family p
ension without succession certificate be circulated to all Ministries / Divisions / Departments under
intimation to this Secretariat and all steps be taken for implementation of SROs No.1423(1)/2018 and SROs No.1424(1)/2018 dated 15.11.2018 by CGA & AGPR and Ministries. Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhtar, Sr. Advisor (Law)/ Grievance Commissioner for Overseas Pakistanis, Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat stated that further decisions have also been taken for facilitation of provincial government employees in coordination with Provincial A
ccountant General by CGA & AGPR and plan in this regard be submitted to this Secretariat that how the benefits of reforms introduced at Federal level are reached at provincial A
ccountant General Offices. The initiative of Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat regarding p
ension of federal government employees has given fruits and most of the employees are receiving p
ension through their a
ccounts from all scheduled banks and 9856 p
ension cases were received in AGPR in 2018 out of which 9845 were resolved. On the directions of Wafaqi Mohtasib, P
ension Cells have already been
established in all federal government departments which should initiate p
ension case of an employee one month’s prior to his retirement date.