Teachers decry quarterly payment of house rent

ISLAMABAD:

Already suffering from non-payment of rental ceiling of the previous financial year, teachers of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) colleges have expressed their disappointment over the strategy adopted by the Finance Division in releasing the house rent on quarterly basis.

The Finance Division has decided to release funds to the Federal Government Departments on quarterly basis during the current financial year of 2020-21.

Under this strategy, 25% funds will be released through Accountant General Pakistan Revenue (AGPR) in the first quarter, 30% in the second, 25% in the third and 20% in the fourth quarter.

Faseehullah, a lecturer at Sector H-8 College said: "Under this new scheme, the rent of only two to three months will be disbursed in a quarter while landlords demand the lump sum payment of rent on yearly or half yearly basis as per previous practice.”

Professsor Khalid Mehmood whose hiring case is pending with the Federal Directorate of Education for the last six months said, "I have been paying the rent from my own resources for the last over nine months.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 22^nd, 2020.