Rawalpindi: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) is functioning
without any
managing director for more than
three months as a result of which the ****** affairs related to staff remain pending and unresolved.
Almost every staff member of lower to upper scale agreed to the fact that since the contract period of Syed Kabir Ali Wasti as
managing director expired on April 06 this year, the
PTDC is being run
without any MD. Former
managing director Syed Kabir Wasti, through effective measures, was improving the financial condition of the PTDC, which also include payment of outstanding salaries to the staff members from 20
months dues to only nine
months and promotion of tourist activities in the country. However, **w since his departure in April this year, the affairs of
PTDC and its staff remain unattended as there is ** superior authority anymore to take decisions.
Talking to ‘The News’ here on Tuesday, the staff of all cadres feared that the financial position of
PTDC could deteriorate in the absence of
managing director. Union members of
PTDC including Ramzan, Waqar also expressed concern over the absence of the
managing director which otherwise is necessary in an organization to run the affairs. They demanded of the federal government to take **tice of the matter and issue immediate orders to appoint the
managing director in
PTDC so that the matters related to ****** and its staff could run smoothly. When approached, Media Manager, Mukhtar Ahmed agreed to the fact that the absence of
managing director could affect the
working of the department largely.
However, he said that the board meeting was to be held on Monday for **mination of new
managing director which was postponed due to certain reasons. In the next Board meeting, the decision to appoint a new MD would be taken, Mukhtar said.
Similarly, he informed that with the allocation of special grant by cabinet in June this year, the
PTDC has paid outstanding salaries to their staff, which has come down from 20 months’ emoluments to only nine
months **w. “The cabinet had allocated a special grant of Rs120 million to the
PTDC for clearance of dues to the staff and other liabilities,” Mukhtar added.
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