Senate body forms sub-committee to probe overpayments worth Rs272b in PCAA.

ISLAMABAD -- The Senate Standing Committee on Aviation on Friday called for a probe into alleged malpractice in overpayments amounting to Rs 272 billion to the retired employees of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and formed a sub-committee on the matter.

The committee, which met here at Parliament House under the chair of Senator Hidayat Ullah, took the matter of payment of pensions and emoluments to those employees of the PCAA that retired in the years between 2014 to 2015 and 2022 to 2023.

The meeting commenced with a briefing on the issue and was informed that such retired employees were supposed to be paid pensions and other emoluments according to the PCAA Pay and Pensions Regulations 2014, which were amended in 2019. However, instead they had been paid according to the government's PCAA Service Regulations 2000. The PCAA inadvertently kept granting pension increases in line with the federal government till 2019, the members were told.

The committee was further informed that this resulted in over payment to pensioners - the disbursement of which amounts to Rs 272 billion. The committee stressed the need for stringent investigations to probe the matter and formulated a sub-committee for...

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