Pakistan Post DG breaks the ‘queue’

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The oldest government department in the sub-continent, the Pakistan Post Office, is unfairly distributing welfare funds among its staff which is concerning for postal employees, Pakistan Today has learnt. Low-grade officers, from grade 1 to 15, are not the beneficiaries of the welfare schemes for postal officers and most of the funds are consumed by Islamabad director general’s (DG) office although the low-grade officers are the backbone of the department and run the postal network across the country.
Although all employees can apply for loans in order to buy vehicles or houses or to construct houses up to the amount of their 36 salaries, most of the low grade staffers are waiting in the loan queue for the last 10 years. The officers who managed to get their loan applications approved after waiting for years, did not get installments in 2010 and 2011 because they do not have sources or contacts with the higher-ups.
On the other hand, there is almost no queue for officers in the DG office, including post office union leaders of Islamabad. The DG himself breaks the ‘queue’ when he gives officers loans out of turn, without merit or to officers he obliges for personal reasons or upon the government’s pressure. Punjab Central Circle Post Office employees, while talking to Pakistan Today, said Secretary Postal Services and Director General Raja Ikramul Haq breaks the queue to oblige his favourite staff or employees recommended by influential politicians.
They said quarterly funds were released under the scheme but not many got their share. They said in the last quarter, (3 months) funds worth Rs 1 million were released but no low-grade employee was given any funds in central Punjab or elsewhere and the DG spent the funds on cases of his choice in Islamabad and people kept waiting in the queue.
They said now the new quarter had begun and funds worth Rs 8 million had been released under the scheme but until now, Punjab postal employees had not got any funds and the money was being distributed among Islamabad postal employees by breaking the queue, without any merit and in accordance with the DG’s whims.
Quoting an instance, the post office staff said in 2010, the DG gave a bonus equivalent to the employees’ salaries to his directorate staff after the Islamabad union gave him an iftar party during last Ramzan while other employees in the country were given bonuses ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 15,000 only. They said the DG had strong government support as he was a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) man.
The department started handing out employees loans in order to buy bicycles and motorcycles and stopped providing postal officers with free bicycles like it did before, they added. A Lahore GPO employee said he got Rs 100,000 as the first installment in order to financially aid him to construct a house in 2009 but ironically that was the only installment that he got until now despite funds being released every 3 months under the new scheme.
A grade 7 employee said he applied for loan 5 years ago but the queue had perhaps ‘frozen’ in the last two years and his case had not been approved yet. He alleged that his colleague who had links with a PPP MNA had got the loan after talking to the DG. Officers in the Lahore GPO said in other provinces, the situation was similar because the DG supported the Islamabad union as they did not raise their voices against the scheme’s dynamics as they were given Rs 40,000 to 45,000 without any queue.
They said the Punjab union was ineffective without the Islamabad union’s support so they had taken a vow of silence and had stopped grieving. DG Ikramul Haq was not available for comments despite several phone calls in his Islamabad office.

11 COMMENTS

  1. LEAVE NECESSAY FOR THE POSTAL EMPOLYES BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM POST
    OFFICES DEPENDT UPON THE OTHER DEPARTMENT BUSINESS AND BANKING
    SECOTOR SO IF POST OFFICE OPEN IN SATURDAY THE POST SUFFER AND NOT AGIN INOUGH
    BUSINESS TO FACE EXPENDETURE NOT OF THE DAY.

  2. FEDERAL GOVT SHOULD MUST BE TAKE NOTIC OF THE ACTIVITIES OF
    DIRECTOR GENERAL PAKISTAN POST BECAUSE HE CREAT ISSUE FOR FEDERAL GOVT .

  3. THE POSTAL EMPLOY NOT WORK IN SATURDAY AND ATTAND OFFICE ONLY AS __RESULT THE LIGHTS AND OTHER EXPENDATURE ARE USE BUT BUSINESS NOT GAIN THE DEPARMENT AS MENTION ABOVE FACT.__THERE WORK RAN VERY SAMOTHLY . PAKISTAN POST ALSO AVAIL TWO DAYES __HOLIDAY AVAIL IN PASS PERIOD OF THE REGEM OF PPP. DEPARMENTAL UNION HAVE RIGHT ON
    THIS ISSUE TO SHER WITH MKINISTER AND FEDERAL POLICY MAKER IN LIGHT
    OF THE POLICY OF THE PPP, DG PAK POST ANTI PPP POLICY.

  4. PAKISTAN SHOULD TAKE NOTIC OF DROWN ATTAC IN LIGHT OF GROUND
    REALITIES OF THE SOUTH ASIA AND AFGAN,IRAN IRAQ AND QAZAFI DEATH.
    PEOPLE OF REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN HAVE CLEAR STATEMENT AT THIS ISSUE
    AND WANT TO PAKISTAN TAKE STAND AND MAKE FORIGN POLICY IN LIGHT
    FACT NOT IN LIGHT OF LAON OF IMF AND DECTATION OF WORD SUPER POWER
    BECAUSE THE REALITIES ARE TOTALY DIFFERENT IF COMPERISON WITH
    POLICY BY GOVT PAKISTAN

  5. PAKISTAN POST ANNONCE BASIC PAY ALLOWANCE ON EID UL AZHA EVENT OF MUSLIM BUT THEY DEDUCT 1500 OF THE EID ALLOWANCE OF EID UL FITER AND 1500 FOR PRIM MINESTER RELIEF FUND.THAT GOOD BUT UNFORTUNATLY THEY NOT PAID TO THE EMPOLYEES WHO ARE EFFECTED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND SERVED SHOW COUSE NOTICE ON SOMAL MISTAKS THAT WAS RULL OF JUGLE AND THE EMPLOY ARE WORRIED AT THIS SITUATION AND APPEAL TO CHIEG JUSTICE THAT THE OFFICER ARE ENLOVED IN CORROPTION AND THE SOMAL EMPLOY FACE FINACIAL PROBLEM. PLEASE CHIEF JUSTIC TAKE NOTICE OF THIS MATTAR..

  6. BEING A MUSLIM IN ISLAMIC STATE EVERY ONE HAVE RIGHT TO SALIBRATE THE GREAT EVENT OF SOONAT IBRAHIMI BUT THE POSTAL EMPLOY RECEIVED ALLOWANCE AFTER DEDUCTION AND THE THE BOGUS PUNISHMENT FROM THE ADMINSTRATION CREAT HURDLE AND THEY NOT SALIBRATE THE EVENT OF EID UL FITER. THIS IS A ISLAMIC JAMORIA PAKISTAN LAW.

  7. POSTAL EMPLOYSUFFER BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER MADE BOGAS CASE FOR EMPLOYEE AND PUNISHMENT THE EMPLOY NOT ONLY FACE THE PUNISHMENT ALSO THEY NOT RECEIVE EID ALLOWANCES IN BOTH RELIGIOUS EVENTS.
    CRULE RULE FOR ONLY EMPLOYEE NOT FOR OFFICER THE FILED WORK WORRIED AT THIS CONDITION AND THEY NOT PLAY ROOL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF THE DEPARMENT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY ERNED AND THE HIGHER LEDERS AND ADMINSTRATIVES OFFICER AND OFFICE USE THE PROFIT OF THE DEPARMENT AND THEN SHOW THE DEPARMETN IN LOSS IN END OF FINANCIAL YEAR LIKE 2011.

    AJMAL KHAN
    DY PM KAHUTA

  8. To, the Secretary Postal Services Director General Post Office Pakistan.
    Abdul Malik who is given Assistant Superintendent exam 0n 27-june-2011 in Balochistan circle and result is announce on 20-jan-2012 but his qualified service is not five years and under the Post office manual volume IV rule is that the service must be five years. therefore you are requested for please investigate the date of appointment of Mr. Abdul Malik and his result should be stopped and after some days viva-voce test will be started, he should not be allowed to vice-voce test.
    Note:- Investigate from date of appointment to filling of application for Asps from June 2011.

    Complaint from all Candidate of Asps examination Balochistan circle Quetta.

  9. Employees of Pakistan Post worried because they not received any Eid Allowance in both events on Muslims but Director Genral and Postmaster General and Divisional Office not open but Post Offices open that decision creat furstration among the Postal Employees and all banifites of federal employees use only adminstrational offices s employee and officers. Same department but field official disoppint at this condition. Pakistan PPP take notice at the decision of DG Pak Post other wise the employees hope from the Noon Leg to take notice and finish the sature day leave to all employees of federal delpartments and admintration department after wine the coming eleection 2013. Voter are fild Empolyees not 1 % adminstrational empolyees.

  10. Pakistan Post Employ think we rane our department samothly without any administration on saturday then we ran it 7 day of week, The crule adminstration of Pakistan Post in dulg in correption like the data of Saving Bank enter by Postal Employees or Postal Clerk and department show the tander notice at the side of Pakpost.gov.pk

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