Lahore: On the orders of Ombudsman Punjab Maj (R) Azam Suleman Khan, as many as 8.5 million rupees legal relief was provided to plaintiffs of seven districts in their cases seeking relief from different departments.

These districts include Bahawalnagar, Nankana Sahib, Bhakar, Lahore, Gujrat, Sheikhupura, and Multan districts in their cases seeking relief from different departments.

While giving details, the spokesman said the ombudsman’s office moderated to refund 10 call deposit receipts of Rs 34,73,125 to Muhammad Tayyab Azeem Tariq of Lahore from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore. In another development, The Woman University Multan has reimbursed leave encashment amount worth over 1.5 million to Tasneem Javed.

The spokesman delineated that Baby Khadija of Bahawalnagar also succeeded in getting her family pension after a gap of 6 years due to the mediation of the ombudsman office.

A legal relief of 11,24,648 rupees has been provided to her; the spokesman remarked and noted that another plaintiff Anwar Bibi of Multan was given financial relief valuing 9,80,918 rupees along with the start of family pension.

The spokesman mentioned that due to the action initiated on an application of Zohraan Bibi, the five-year service of Munawar Hussain, a UC secretary in Nankana Sahib, has been forfeited along with the cancellation of two death certificates.

Meanwhile, the involvement of the ombudsman office has resulted in the issuance of show-cause notice to accused Dr Muhammad Anwar of DHQ hospital Bahawalnagar for initiation of regular inquiry under PEEDA Act.

This notice has been issued in light of the initial inquiry for showing negligence in a medico-legal case. This has been done on an application of Sumaira Bibi of Fort Abbas tehsil of Bahawalnagar district who approached the ombudsman office for the same.

Alongside, other applicants were given a total relief of 13,61,975 rupees by the concerned departments in their cases dealt with by the ombudsman office, the spokesman concluded.