Comparative Review and Critical Analysis of the Senate Standing Committee Report on PTCL/PTET Pension Issue
1. What the Committee Clearly Established The Committee clearly stated that from 01-01-1996 to 30-06-2010, all PTCL pensioners, including superannuated and VSS pensioners, were paid pension and annual increases according to Government of Pakistan pension principles. This 15-year practice created a binding precedent. The Committee further held that from 01-07-2010 PTET introduced curtailed pension increases for the first time, which were less than GoP-notified increases. The Committee treated this as a violation of: 1. Telecom Re-organization Act, 1996 2. GoP guarantee 3. PTCL Board counter-guarantee 4. Fifteen years’ past practice 5. Supreme Court judgment of 2015 The Committee also noted that the Ministry of Law and Justice had already clarified in 2013 that transferred employees’ rights were protected and that GoP pension increases were applicable to them. 2. PTCL’s Influence Over PTET The most serious finding is that PTET was working under the influence of PTCL. ...