KARACHI, Aug 6: The process of re-structuring and modernization of Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) is continuing and a committee has been formed to enhance the performance of the organisation.
This was stated in a briefing to the Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, during his visit to the head office of the EOBI here on Saturday.
The EOBI chairman, Brig. (Retd) Akhtar Zamin, and other senior officials briefed the minister about the working and performance of the institution.
The minister was also informed about the process of computerization in the EOBI.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan was of the view that the computerization would reduce the expenditure and considerably enhance the performance of the EOBI.
In addition to this, the employers and the employees would get latest information and that too promptly about their respective contributions, pensions etc.
He said that the change of bank has been effected for the convenience of pensioners and they would be able to get their pensions without any inconvenience.
The minister urged that the elderly and the widow pensioners should not face any difficulty in the payment of pension amount.
The officials of the EOBI informed the minister that 450 branches of UBL are paying the pension amount and the process is going on in a satisfactory manner.
Whenever any difficulty was faced, the senior officials of the EOBI took the prompt remedial measures.
The minister directed that in the areas where there are no UBL branches, the National Bank officials be approached so that the pension should be disbursed through the NBP branches in such areas.
The EOBI chairman assured that in this respect he would contact the higher officials of the National Bank.—APP
