ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has joined the league of a few economies in the world where a business can be registered with the provincial and federal authorities from a single online center, the Securities.
The Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has updated its statistics and its official website now shows the number of employers registered with it stands at 133,564, out of which 86,989 are active. File
ISLAMABAD: The Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has updated its statistics and its official website now shows the number of employers registered with it stands at 133,564, out of which 86,989 are active.
A week ago, the EOBI’s website was showing that out of the total 130,530 registered employers, 84,811 were active, with 41,685 of them having closed businesses and 4,023 de-registered.
EOBI spokesman Naeem Shaukat told
Dawn that the figures on the official website had erroneously been added. He said the actual number of registered employers at present was 133,564.
The EOBI was established in April 1976 with an objective to ensure payment of pension or social insurance to either the persons insured with the institution, or their heirs in case of death or disability. File
ISLAMABAD: Fear of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and pending litigation has hit the performance of the Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) as the number of ‘active employers’ registered with the organisation has declined to 84,811 compared to 86,587 in 2013, it has emerged.
It appears that an important institution like the EOBI is not on the government’s priority list since it has so far not appointed any officer as the chairman of the organisation that has been without a head for the last couple of months.
March 14, 2021
These senior citizens are forced to spend their golden years visiting pension offices endlessly and demonstrating about the difficulties they face in getting their dues rather than being able to retire in peace
Photo by Rahat Dar
This week, pensioners represented by the Old-age Workers’ Welfare Association held a protest demanding accountability for corruption in the Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution and for an increase in pensions. This is just one in a spate of post-pandemic protests by government workers across the country this year, spurred by demands for pay raises and benefits, increases in pensions and the corruption and inefficiency in institutions like the EOBI. Since many government workers were essential and could not work from home during the pandemic, putting themselves and their families at risk to do their jobs, their demands should be taken seriously.
Composite illustrations by Samiah Bilal
The story goes something like this. There was once a blind man who lived in a small town. But even though he could not see, he carried a lamp with him whenever he went out after dark.
One night, as he was returning home after dinner, he came across a group of young travellers. They noticed the blind man carrying a lamp and started making fun of him. One of them asked, “Hey man, you are blind.Why do you carry a lamp?”
“This lamp is not for me, it is for those who can see,” the blind man replied with a smile. “You may not see this blind man coming in the dark and end up pushing him. That is why I carry the lamp.”