Pakistan Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati has stressed a proper mechanism of pension disbursement to facilitate pensioners of the department.

Rejecting a news item, telecast by a local channel on Sunday, a spokesperson for Railways regretted creation of a wrong perception about Railways and its minister among people by the channel.

He clarified that the PR was working on distribution of pensions directly through the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) to the accounts of the pensioners.

He said the minister had written a letter to the finance minister requesting that the federal government might take over the responsibility of the railways pensioners to enable them to draw their pensions from their own bank accounts without going to any other office.

Source: Radio Pakistan