D.O.No.POP.1-786/2008
OFFICE OF THE
OMBUDSMAN PUNJAB
2-BANK ROAD, LAHORE
As per requirement of Section 28 of the Punjab Office of the Ombudsman Act, 1997, I place before you Annual Report of this office for the year 2008. Eversince the establishment of this office, this is the eleventh report and first of my incumbency as Ombudsman Punjab.
I also take the opportunity to acknowledge with thanks receipt of letter No.PSG- 1/2008, dated 25.4.2008 from your predecessor, conveying his appreciation for the efforts of the Ombudsman\u2019s office in providing quick relief to the needy.
This report mainly accounts for activities of this office for only a part of the year 2008, because after completion of his statutory tenure, my predecessor, Mr. Abdur Rashid Khan left on 16.5.2008. The Ombudsman\u2019s office remained vacant thereafter for more than six months until I took over on 8.12.2008 to make the office functional again.
Currently, our priority is to clear the backlog and at the same time ensure that the new petitions filed are disposed of as expeditiously as possible. In the coming months, this office intends to:
(KHALID MAHMOOD)
MR. SALMAN TASEER,
Governor of the Punjab,
Lahore.
