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| September 5, 2002 | Thursday | Jamadi-us-Saani26,1423 |
PTDC workers to get bonus, says Bajwa
RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Maj-Gen Anis Ahmed Bajwa, the managing director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corpora-tion (PTDC), has assured the PTDC employees that they will soon be given a bonus.
Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected office-bearers of the PTDC Employees Union as a chief guest at a local hotel here on Wednesday, he said the PTDC was running in loss after the September 11 incident.
However, he said, the corporation through its hard work had now started earning profit, the benefit of which would be provided to its dedicated workers.
He told the employees that according to the laws, a government department could give bonus to its employees from its surplus earnings, and not from government funds.
He urged the employees and the administration to work together to promote tourism in the country.
He congratulated the new office-bearers of the union.
Earlier, the president of the PTDC Employees Union, Mohammad Shabbir, informed the MD about the problems of the employees. —PPI
OUR REPORTER ADDS: Talking to mediamen after attending the oath-taking ceremony. the PTDC chief said Pakistan and other countries were being negatively portrayed by the Western countries after the 9/11 incident.
He said apart from Pakistan, Middle East, China and Korea were also victims of biased portrayal by Western media and attitude, thus damaging the image as well as the tourism departments of these countries.
The West including the US are not free of terrorism but it is their media that does not highlight the incidents and instead focussed the attention of the world on other regions of the globe. Unfortunately, Pakistan was one of them.
Mr Bajwa asked various institutions including media to play their due role in promoting tourism internationally, which according to him was the only way to revive the industry and earn revenue for the country, which was facing economic hardship for many years.
He said steps must be taken to improve law and order situation in the country, adding that they were making efforts to attract tourists by improving facilities for them.
When asked, if PTDC motels and hotels would be privatized, he replied that it would not serve to privatize them. Instead, it was important to put an end to land mafia working in these areas, which would help enhance the services of these motels and hotels.
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