Post Office told to refund pension

ISLAMABAD:

President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Post Office Department to refund the pension amount of Rs502,272 that was wrongly deducted from the service dues of a retired employee in March 2020 and termed the act of Pakistan Post as “maladministration” on its part. The president gave these directions while rejecting a representation of the Pakistan Post Office Department against a decision of the Wafaqi Mohtasib ordering the Agency to refund the deducted amount from the pension dues and report compliance within 45 days. Alvi in his decision held that the pensioner’s hard-earned income constitutes a fundamental right to livelihood under Article 9 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 and depriving him even a part of this amount, cannot be countenanced except in accordance with the law.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22^nd, 2022.

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