In all the other govt departments, old aged pensioners even over 70 years of age don’t need to go to the office of a disbursing officer to submit their pension forms. Instead, their pension is paid through post offices or direct transfer to their bank accounts. Wapda has not adopted this prescribed procedure for paying pensions. Everybody knows that people above 70 years of age become weak and suffer health complications. Thus the government should exempt old aged pensioners from going every month to disbursing offices to submit their pension forms personally. However authorities may visit the home of old aged pensioners once a year to verify whether they are alive or dead.
RAJA GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ADOWALIYA
Rawalpindi