By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The PIA Chief has assured the PIA's retired
employees
that their pension will be increased in near
future'
This was disclosed by General Secretary PIA
Retired Employees Association
(PIAREA) while addressing the General
Body meeting of the association.
He informed the members of some of the PIAREA
achievements gained after
a long struggle which included increase in PIA
pension in 2013, free medical
facilities for disabled sons/daughters of
Retirees, abolition of Federal Excise
Duty (FED) on free tickets to issued to
Retirees, extension of medical facilities etc.
He said successful efforts were made against
proposed privatization of PIA,
Earlier, he informed that no one will be
appointed as Association's office-bearer
for whole of life in future whereas efforts
while efforts will continue to seek more
facilities for retired employees..
At the meeting, presided over by Chairman,
PIAREA Zulfikar Ali, the newly elected
unopposed office bearers of PIAREA, also took
oath as office bearers.
On the occasion the General Body also approved
the Annual Report unanimously.
and expressed their full cooperation in the
PIAREA's struggle for restoration of their
rights .
The newly elected office bearers who took oath
were;
Senior. Vice President: Chaudhry Muhammad
Azam, Vice Presidents: Parvez Farid
Muhammad Aslam Malik, Mohammad Khan Sial,
General Secretary: Syed Tahir
Hasan Chiefy. Organizing Secretary: Shaikh
Abdul Majeed, Finance Secretary:
Rehman Khilji, Welfare Secretary: Nisar Ahmed
and Joint Secretary: Muhammad Yousaf
