Right through his marvel seek advice from to the Town, Cantonment and Landhi railway stations on Thursday, Incharge Ombudsman Regional Place of job Karachi Syed Anwar Haider used to be advised that the fee of salaries and pensions to the Pakistan Railways workers were behind schedule owing to a scarcity of budget.
He visited the railway stations at the directives of Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi. The serving and retired of workers of the Pakistan Railways advised Haider that that they had been going through acute monetary issues because of the non-payment of salaries and pensions for the previous many months. The retired railway staffers additionally complained that that they had now not been paid gratuity regardless of the passage of a number of years.
Haider famous that quite a lot of public amenities on the 3 railway stations have been in a shambles. The enthusiasts, washrooms, benches and ready rooms on the railway stations have been in disrepair and shortage good enough sanitation. He mentioned there used to be a want to arrange extra price ticket counters, so other folks don’t have to attend in lengthy queues.
He met Divisional Superintendent Pakistan Railways for Karachi Kashif Rasheed and different senior railway officers and knowledgeable them in regards to the issues on the railway stations.
Rasheed knowledgeable Haider the Pakistan Railways were in contact with the Ministry of Finance to get to the bottom of the non-payment of salaries and pensions.