Chairman for welfare of Senate employees

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Employees Welfare Committee was held at the Parliament House on Wednesday to consider various options and initiatives, which could help into wellbeing of the Senate Employees.

The Committee sanctioned financial assistance to various employees on the grounds of marriage, aliment or death case.

The meeting presided over by Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek and was attended among others by Senators Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Prof Khurshid Ahmad Secretary Senate Raja Muhammad Amin, Additional Secretary Senate Amjad Parvez and other senior officials of the Senate were also present.

The committee underlined the need to strengthen the fund that has been constituted to address the urgent needs of the employees of the Senate Secretariat.

Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek also underscored the need to provide maximum relief to the Senate Employees and observed that efforts should be made to increase the donations in the fund and spend them on welfare of the employees.

It was decided that besides senators, the employees would also contribute to the fund. He termed the employees as a valuable asset of the Senate Secretariat and expressed the hope that welfare initiative would help alleviate the miseries of the low paid employees of the Senate Secretariat.

The Chairman thanked Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmad, Senator Ishaq Dar and other Senator for their valuable support to the fund.