Summary NBP officials say hundreds of thousands of fake pensioners been identified in 3 big institutions
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – 600,000 fake pensioners have been identified in various government institutions. According to National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) officials, hundreds of thousands of fake pensioners have been identified in three big institutions, reported Dunya News.
Revealing the facts before the standing committee of Senate, NBP officials told that 00,000 ghost pensioners have been removed from the pensioners’ lists during the last 6 months. In a meeting headed by Senator Saleem Mandviwala, the officials said that 600,000 ghost pensioners were identified in EOBI, Pakistan army and other federal government institutions. They told that these ghost pensioners had been receiving the pensions for a long time on a monthly basis.
NBP officials told the committee that it was revealed on the time of account opening that the pensioners had died long ago and some other people had been receiving the pensions in their names. They told that these 600,000 names have now been removed. They told that the number of pensioners registered with the NBP has now reduced from 2,200,000 to 1,600,000.
“Pensioners are now being provided with ATM cards for withdrawing their pensions, however, biometric verification has been made mandatory so that ghost pensioners can be removed”, said the officials.
The committee has recommended opening of the bank accounts of the pensioners and expediting their verifications.
