Pakistan: ‘Postal staff filing fake receipts’

Frontier Post

Several complaints have been received by NAB (KP) against Postal Authorities with the allegations that the recipients of the money from Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) are charged Rs.100/- to Rs.200/- per person by the concerned postal employees. On the other hand, money is embezzled through fake receipts, according to NAB sources, and not delivered to the needy persons at all. NAB (KP) initiated inquiry into the matter to ascertain the factual position and find to all those involved in the scam of the Postal Services Deptt. The BISP is aimed at distribution of money among the poor and needy individuals in the country. The programme is meant to extend helping hand to all those deserving persons who are in dire need of financial support so that their suffering may be alleviated on priority basis. Under this program the money is released to the Postal Services Deptt for distribution through local post office network. Obviously, the post office staff stands responsible for releasing the money to the deserving and qualified persons upon having genuine receipts.