Important expenditure: Compensation packages approved for FATA residents
Both government employees and civilians will be eligible under the policy.
300,000 rupees will be given to compensate civilian deaths. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan on Friday approved the long awaited compensation policy for affected persons in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
According to a handout issued by the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), the policy introduces financial compensation for heirs of those killed in natural disasters, man-made-crises, extremism and sectarian violence.
In addition, amounts are also determined to compensate losses to property including vehicles, houses, shops, petrol pumps and livestock. A process for the submission and validation of claims has also been announced.
The policy is the first of its kind with respect to Fata, giving all government employees in the tribal belt treatment equal to their counterparts in K-P, where compensation packages for the heirs of those killed are already being implemented. The policy will also apply to civilians in Fata, said the handout.
The power to pay compensation for loss of life, injuries and damages to property owing to natural or man-made disasters as defined by the National Disasters Management Act of 2010 shall be vested in the FDMA and exercised through its director general.
Compensation for civil servants in basic pay scale (BPS)-I to BPS-16 will be Rs3 million. Rs5 million will be given to BPS-17 officers, Rs9 million to BPS-18 and 19 personnel, and Rs10 million for civil servants in BPS-20 to 22.
For civilians, Rs300,000 will be given to compensate deaths, Rs200,000 for loss of limbs, Rs100,000 for loss of eyes, and Rs100,000 for other major injuries. For damages to property, Rs300,000 will be given to compensate fully damaged houses, Rs50,000 for partially damaged houses and Rs20,000 for wall collapses. For vehicles, Rs500,000 will be given for registered large vehicles, Rs300,000 for non-customs paid vehicles, Rs300,000 for coaches, and Rs100,000 to 200,000 for small vehicles.
Rs1 million will be given in compensation for losses of petrol pumps. Finally, for livestock, Rs20,000 will be given for large animals such as cows or buffalos and Rs6,000 will be given for small animals like goat or sheep.
The handout also added in case a body was not shifted to hospital at the time of death, a report from the political administration supported by a statement by elders of the concerned tribe or sub-tribe countersigned by the political agent and deputy commissioner would be required to gain compensation.
A field report singed by the political naib tehsildar, attested by the assistant political agent and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner would also be considered. A death certificate duly signed by a medical officer and countersigned by the relevant political agent or deputy commissioner will also be needed.
Damages to houses will be verified through a joint commission comprised of local school teachers, the concerned political moharar and a local mosque’s prayer leader.
The report of the committee will be endorsed by the political naib tehsildar, attested by the assistant political agent and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned.
In case of animal losses, a report by at least three notables of the area attested by a local school headmaster and imam will be needed. The report will be verified by the agency livestock officer or agency agricultural officer and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned.
The handout stated compensation funds would be released by the FDMA to the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned, who will then distribute it as per the policy’s provisions.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2013.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan on Friday approved the long awaited compensation policy for affected persons in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
According to a handout issued by the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), the policy introduces financial compensation for heirs of those killed in natural disasters, man-made-crises, extremism and sectarian violence.
In addition, amounts are also determined to compensate losses to property including vehicles, houses, shops, petrol pumps and livestock. A process for the submission and validation of claims has also been announced.
The policy is the first of its kind with respect to Fata, giving all government employees in the tribal belt treatment equal to their counterparts in K-P, where compensation packages for the heirs of those killed are already being implemented. The policy will also apply to civilians in Fata, said the handout.
The power to pay compensation for loss of life, injuries and damages to property owing to natural or man-made disasters as defined by the National Disasters Management Act of 2010 shall be vested in the FDMA and exercised through its director general.
Compensation for civil servants in basic pay scale (BPS)-I to BPS-16 will be Rs3 million. Rs5 million will be given to BPS-17 officers, Rs9 million to BPS-18 and 19 personnel, and Rs10 million for civil servants in BPS-20 to 22.
For civilians, Rs300,000 will be given to compensate deaths, Rs200,000 for loss of limbs, Rs100,000 for loss of eyes, and Rs100,000 for other major injuries. For damages to property, Rs300,000 will be given to compensate fully damaged houses, Rs50,000 for partially damaged houses and Rs20,000 for wall collapses. For vehicles, Rs500,000 will be given for registered large vehicles, Rs300,000 for non-customs paid vehicles, Rs300,000 for coaches, and Rs100,000 to 200,000 for small vehicles.
Rs1 million will be given in compensation for losses of petrol pumps. Finally, for livestock, Rs20,000 will be given for large animals such as cows or buffalos and Rs6,000 will be given for small animals like goat or sheep.
The handout also added in case a body was not shifted to hospital at the time of death, a report from the political administration supported by a statement by elders of the concerned tribe or sub-tribe countersigned by the political agent and deputy commissioner would be required to gain compensation.
A field report singed by the political naib tehsildar, attested by the assistant political agent and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner would also be considered. A death certificate duly signed by a medical officer and countersigned by the relevant political agent or deputy commissioner will also be needed.
Damages to houses will be verified through a joint commission comprised of local school teachers, the concerned political moharar and a local mosque’s prayer leader.
The report of the committee will be endorsed by the political naib tehsildar, attested by the assistant political agent and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned.
In case of animal losses, a report by at least three notables of the area attested by a local school headmaster and imam will be needed. The report will be verified by the agency livestock officer or agency agricultural officer and countersigned by the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned.
The handout stated compensation funds would be released by the FDMA to the political agent or deputy commissioner concerned, who will then distribute it as per the policy’s provisions.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2013.