ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the PIA to submit its reply with regard to the medical facility to the retired employees of the airlines.
A division bench of the FCC headed by Justice Hassan Rizvi heard the case.
“The institution should care about the previous services of the retired employees,” Justice Hassan Rizvi said while hearing the case. “The old employees have served the airline in their best time of age, an institution like the PIA should not discard its old employees in this manner,” Justice Rizvi observed.
“It is a fact that the misuse of the medical facility has destroyed the institutions, those involved in fraud should definitely be treated strictly,” the FCC Judge remarked.
“People were purchasing perfumes in the name of the medical facility in the past,” the judge said.
PIA lawyer told the court that the medical facility for the employees has been reviewed and formally streamlined. “The facility’s amount was earlier 2.5 Lacs per annum, which has been enhanced to Rs. 5 Lac,” lawyer informed.
The court said that the PIA should try to resolve the issue on the basis of humanitarian grounds.
