Karachi:
An employee giving the first years of his life to an organization hopes to collect the fruit of his retired professional commitment by disbursement of monthly pensions and a flat -rate pension fund. Such was also the hope of thousands of retirees from Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), whose dependents remain deprived of their legitimate money.
Speaking under the cover of anonymity, the widow of an employee retired from the KMC revealed that her husband had withdrawn in 2017 and died two years ago. “Although I receive a monthly pension, the payment of gratuity worth 5 million rupees is still pending,” said the widow, who simultaneously called on the chief minister of the Sindh and the mayor of Karachi To immediately erase the contributions of all retirees for humanitarian reasons.
According to Sources de l’Express Tribune, KMC has a total of 24,000 retirees, including more than 13,000 retired employees have been deprived of their legal rights, in particular the collection of leave, the provident fund and gratuity since In the past eight years, their combined contributions reaching RS13 0.5 billion. In addition, KMC has ceased to accept the cases of retired employees of the city from 2023, even depriving them of their monthly pensions.
According to Dr. Saeed Akhtar, head of the KMC retired employee action committee, the gratuity and provident funds were the money contributions that the employees used to allocate their wages during their employment mandate while The built -in was an amount paid to an employee retired equal to a LE SALF OF THE YEAR in exchange for all their paid leave unused until retirement.
“Many retired employees have died and their family retirees, including their widows and children, await these contributions. Likewise, other retired employees need money for medical care, housing, business or other family obligations such as the marriages of their children.
“Some time ago, the high court of the Sindh had approved a rescue package under which the Sindh government had to pay 4.2 billion rupees at KMC in the form of pension contributions and subsidies. The provincial government had also increased the 15% pension in the 2019 budget and 10% in the 2020 budget, however, this increase has not been received by KMC retirees to date, “he added.
On the other hand, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, president of the Sajjan de KMC Union, informed that the retirement system of local organizations was centralized and managed by the KMC from the start. “Federal and provincial governments have been responsible for paying the TAXTRO ZILLA (OZT) tax in time so that there is no delay in the creditor of wages and pensions to employees. Although an approximate RS1.3 billion total is available for payment of pensions by various means, delays occur due to the growing number of retirees, “said Shah.
Commenting on the issue, the KMC spokesman said that people who had obtained their job in 1988 now retired after reaching the age of 60 and that their number increased hundreds. “This suddenly aggravated the pressure on the KMC, which is currently faced with a serious financial crisis. However, all the efforts are made to pay their contributions on the special instructions of the mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab,” said the holder Word.