Pakistan - Postmen call for increased incentives

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ISLAMABAD (APP) – Employees of the Pakistan Post working in remote as well as in urban areas of the country on Sunday called for incentives equal to private couriers’ companies employees.

“The Pakistan Post has huge network in the remote areas of the country and only the government has the resources to keep them running because the private sector cannot afford to run its services there,” remarks a clerk at the customer care centre of the post office in Saddar, Rawalpindi.

He also called for better transportation facilities for delivery of parcels, mails and letters to their customers.

Abdul Majeed, a local postman while talking to this news agency, claimed that their salary was hardly enough to meet their needs as they had to manage their accommodation on their own due to non-availability of any housing colony for them.

Salaries of private couriers are much better and they also have the facility of motorbikes for smooth deliveries to the customers, he said and alleged that only those postmen, who have good relation with the high-ups of the Pakistan Post, are provided motorbikes while the others have to face conveyance problems in distribution of letters and parcels to their customers.

He urged the concerned officials to take immediate steps to facilitate postmen to improve the services of Pakistan Post.

OCS, Manager, Atif Khan offers a different explanation. He points out that since their delivveries are handled by eight to ten people, there is a risk of theft when it comes to transporting valuables and money, leaving customers with little choice.