Zulfi flies abroad but will soon return to Pakistan
July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Zulfi Bukhari left for London a week ago and is likely to fly back to Pakistan on August 2. He flew out on a Virgin Atlantic flight, an informed source told The News. The source said that before his departure, Zulfi Bukhari celebrated the inquiry report of the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on the Rawalpindi Ring Road (R3) project with fanfare and fireworks at his Islamabad home claiming that he had been exonerated in it. However, the ACE refuted this claim. Since the ACE inquiry made no mention of Bukhari, he read it as his ‘vindication from the false allegation’ levelled in the initial unilateral fact-finding report of Rawalpindi Commissioner Gulzar Shah. Before his resignation in the wake of the commissioner’s report, Zulfi Bukhari was in-charge of the labour and overseas Pakistanis ministry. He had been cited by implication in this repo
The government of Pakistan established the Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution for the welfare of senior citizens. Under this programme, retired citizens get a fixed amount on a monthly basis..
Pension reforms at federal, provincial levels stressed
Islamabad
May 3, 2021
Islamabad:Brining reforms about pensions is an urgent need to ensure sustainable fiscal growth at the federal as well as at provincial levels.
Speakers said this while sharing their views with the participants during an online dialogue on “Reform of pensions: lessons from successful examples in Pakistan” organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute in collaboration with Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED).
The former head of Federal Pay and Pension Commission, Wajid Rana said that any pension reforms cannot be separated from pay reforms. Both pay and pension bills are growing at a rapid pace and more is being consumed from the general revenue collections due to this increase, he added.