ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday adopted a report on the issue of payment of an increase in pension of the retired employees of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) payable by the Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Trust (PTET). The report was put before the house by Senator Rukhsana Bangash on behalf of Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication Chairperson Senator Rubina Khalid. Senator Rukhsana and Senator Abdul Rehman Malik stressed that the report should be implemented as the pensioners desperately needed the money. Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwala, who was chairing the House, asked the government to take up the issue of pensioners with PTCL and resolve it. Senate Implementation Committee Convener Senator Dilawar Khan presented a report of his committee on a point of public importance raised by Senator Sajjad Hussain Turi, regarding the resolution of the issue of expatriates staying in European countries in getting Pakistani Origin Cards (POCs).

Source: Pakistan Today January 28, 2020 17:03 UTC