Federal Ombudsman vows to resolve lower strata's grievances on urgent basis.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi Thursday vowed to resolve public disputes and cases of the lower strata of the society through the Informal Resolution of Disputes (IRD) system on priority basis.

During the progress review meetAing of Investigating Officers (IOs), he said that the Wafaqi Mohtaisb Secretariat had earned public acAclaim for its role and the services it had rendered since its inception. The Ombudsman asked his IOs to visit far-flung areas to resolve grievances at their doorstep in the shortest posAsible time. All the IOs from Head OfAfice attended while 17 regional ofAfices participated through video link.

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