04-29-2010, 01:56 AM
Taking a suo moto notice the Chief Justice of Pakistan has exempted Begum Nusrat Bhutto from personal appearance due to her sickness in response to a Summon issued to her by an accountability court.
August 2008 an illiterate Pakistani labourer Mohammad Younis from Azad Kashmir went abroad as a labourer. Three months later while on duty he met a serious work site accident. He used to keep a long traditional piece of cloth over his head as most of people in villages and old generation do. The corner of this cloth came into the moving grinds of the machine which pulled him towards it. His throat came into grip and was seriously slashed besides his hands. Unconscious he was immediately operated upon and his throat stitched. The local newspapers in the country of his employment covered this accident on their front pages and editorially raised the question of work site safety. The newspapers followed this serious case. The doctors had shown not much hope but he survived. Incidentally he had a relative living himself as bachelor who took him in his room. The injured Mohammed Younis was unable to move, speak or eat. As due to stitching his throat pipe had narrowed it was difficult for him to even to have any liquid. His jaw was also broken which later had twice operated. After every three days he was taken to the Emergency to get him glucose energy drips as an alternate to food to keep him alive. His bachelor relative himself a labour and his room mates after spending themselves whole day in their works whatever could do did for this injured man.
Mohammad Younis had gone abroad after payment of a big amount to the Government as Protector of Immigrants, the Overseas Pakistanis foundation membership fee and a compulsory State Life Insurance. While the injured was on likely the death bed unable even to speak a word from his mouth or move an application under his thumb impression was addressed to the State Life Insurance Karachi as an accident intimation against his Overseas Immigrants Policy No. Q-0308458. State Life damned care to a critically injured man and did not give any response when then a complaint was filed with the Federal Ombudsman against this non response by State Life. The Adviser, as per his letter quoting âBy orders of the Wafaqi Mohtasinâ advised the bed stuck complainant to attend a Hearing in Karachi in presence of State Life representative. The injured insured could have perhaps got Rs 50,000 or Rs. 100,000 as a permanent disability but expecting such a critically injured poor man unable to move to come to Karachi from abroad after spending at least Rs. 60,000/- was a point to ponder for our present day system lacking even the normal humanity feelings. Lo and behold; earlier when the complaint was filed the Adviser Ombudsman Secretariat directed the poor injured labourer that he needed to complete one or two paper worth procedural formalities within 15 days failing which âadverse actionâ may be taken including closure of his complaint. What adverse action? What âadverse actionâ the Wafaqi Mohtasib could take and under what powers in case a complainant could not complete paper formalities of not much use at all? Has this âadverse actionâ been prescribed anywhere? The injured after a few months on his first available opportunity to move with an accompanying passenger left for Pakistan where in Islamabad he underwent one more operation and still is said to be under continues treatment. Last month a relative of his met me and told me Mohammad Younus never got any insurance money. It is not the rule, law or procedure rather it is the âmanâ sitting on the chair who if spirited with ALLAHâs given blessings for humanity service sees the âsuffering aggrieved manâ with his spirited eye glass and if ALLAH has deprived him he forgets tomorrow he too could met with a disaster.
August 2008 an illiterate Pakistani labourer Mohammad Younis from Azad Kashmir went abroad as a labourer. Three months later while on duty he met a serious work site accident. He used to keep a long traditional piece of cloth over his head as most of people in villages and old generation do. The corner of this cloth came into the moving grinds of the machine which pulled him towards it. His throat came into grip and was seriously slashed besides his hands. Unconscious he was immediately operated upon and his throat stitched. The local newspapers in the country of his employment covered this accident on their front pages and editorially raised the question of work site safety. The newspapers followed this serious case. The doctors had shown not much hope but he survived. Incidentally he had a relative living himself as bachelor who took him in his room. The injured Mohammed Younis was unable to move, speak or eat. As due to stitching his throat pipe had narrowed it was difficult for him to even to have any liquid. His jaw was also broken which later had twice operated. After every three days he was taken to the Emergency to get him glucose energy drips as an alternate to food to keep him alive. His bachelor relative himself a labour and his room mates after spending themselves whole day in their works whatever could do did for this injured man.
Mohammad Younis had gone abroad after payment of a big amount to the Government as Protector of Immigrants, the Overseas Pakistanis foundation membership fee and a compulsory State Life Insurance. While the injured was on likely the death bed unable even to speak a word from his mouth or move an application under his thumb impression was addressed to the State Life Insurance Karachi as an accident intimation against his Overseas Immigrants Policy No. Q-0308458. State Life damned care to a critically injured man and did not give any response when then a complaint was filed with the Federal Ombudsman against this non response by State Life. The Adviser, as per his letter quoting âBy orders of the Wafaqi Mohtasinâ advised the bed stuck complainant to attend a Hearing in Karachi in presence of State Life representative. The injured insured could have perhaps got Rs 50,000 or Rs. 100,000 as a permanent disability but expecting such a critically injured poor man unable to move to come to Karachi from abroad after spending at least Rs. 60,000/- was a point to ponder for our present day system lacking even the normal humanity feelings. Lo and behold; earlier when the complaint was filed the Adviser Ombudsman Secretariat directed the poor injured labourer that he needed to complete one or two paper worth procedural formalities within 15 days failing which âadverse actionâ may be taken including closure of his complaint. What adverse action? What âadverse actionâ the Wafaqi Mohtasib could take and under what powers in case a complainant could not complete paper formalities of not much use at all? Has this âadverse actionâ been prescribed anywhere? The injured after a few months on his first available opportunity to move with an accompanying passenger left for Pakistan where in Islamabad he underwent one more operation and still is said to be under continues treatment. Last month a relative of his met me and told me Mohammad Younus never got any insurance money. It is not the rule, law or procedure rather it is the âmanâ sitting on the chair who if spirited with ALLAHâs given blessings for humanity service sees the âsuffering aggrieved manâ with his spirited eye glass and if ALLAH has deprived him he forgets tomorrow he too could met with a disaster.
