ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly
’;s Standing Committee on Industries and Production has recommended paying three-month sa
lary to the employees of the Pakistan Still Mills (PSM) before Ram
azan
The meeting, held under the chairmanship of lawmaker Asad Umar on Friday, also sought a comprehensive report on privatisation of the PSM and welfare of its employees.
The secretary said that the PSM could clear its debt if its land is sold off. He told the committee that the PSM employees had been given salaries of five months until December 2016.
Present at the meeting, the PSM chief financial officer said that the government had not earmarked provident fund, gratuity and any kind of grant for the PSM
’;s employees for the last two years.
Members of PSM
’;s union told the committee that two PSM employees had committed suicide after not getting salaries. They said that one-month salary after four months was not acc
eptable.
The committee chairman questioned the role of PSM chief executive officer, and said that arrest warran
ts should be issued for him.
Shah Gul Afridi, member of the committee, said that the PSM could perform better if its former chief executive officer Abdul Qayyum be made its head again.
The chairman said, “We have time and again requested the government to appoint an experienced person – including Hussian Nawaz, the prime minister
’;s son – to run the organisation effectively.
