Karachi:Senior Advisor to Federal Ombudsman and in-charge Regional Office Karachi, Syed Anwar Haider, Wednesday, directed officer to convene a meeting of relevant authorities of provincial and local governments for resolving public complaints.
The senior advisor issued the directives while chairing a ‘Khulli Katchehri’ (open public meeting) at deputy commissioner office Keamari. Advisors to Ombudsman Shujaat Abbas and Moula Bukhsh Shaikh, Additional Deputy Commissioner Keamari Abdul Sattar Hakro and other officials were also present on the occasion.
He further directed the deputy commissioner to invite the officers of relevant provincial departments and local government institutions as well as complainants to discuss the public grievances in detail and find out their solution for providing relief to the public.
Syed Anwar Haider said that the open meeting was organized to receive complaints from public against the federal, provincial and local government institutions and every possible step will be taken t
o resolve the confronted issues.
The senior advisor said that he would also contact the commissioner and mayor of Karachi for resolution of issues raised by public in the open meeting.
The public presented their grievances relating to local bodies and other government departments including the issues of non-provision of water, electricity and gas, dilapidated condition of roads, streets and drainage channels, non-functional hospitals and schools, encroachments over amenity plots of parks and grounds and closure of public library.
The senior advisor asked the complainants to formally lodge their complaints with the federal ombudsman secretariat that will take up their issues with the relevant authorities and take every possible measure to get them resolved.
He said that federal ombudsman secretariat was extending its services across the country without any fee while complainant do not require services of any lawyer as well.