ISLAMABAD: FBR Chairman Dr Muhammad Irshad has launched the membership drive of FBR Foundation, which was recently formed to provide an ideal platform to the serving and retired FBR employees to resolve their health, education and housing related issues.
The membership drive was launched at a ceremony held in the FBR House with Dr Chairman Muhammad Irshad in the chair, while FBR Foundation CEO Saleem Ahmad Ranjha and Members of the FBR Board and senior officers were also present. The FBR chairman filled and signed the membership form along with naib qasid in his office, Muhammad Azam, who became the second member of the Foundation.
Speaking on the occasion, the FBR chairman, who is also chairman of Foundation, lauded the quick work being done by the newly-formed Foundation on various fronts and urged the CEO to quickly plan some strategy to address the longstanding issues, particularly healthcare, being faced by the low-cadre retired and serving employees of FBR. He desired the Foundation should reach out to the employees and meet their expectations which have risen sharply after the welcome foundation of the body. He hailed what he called an admirable level of interest, support and encouragement shown by the senior hierarchy within FBR for the Foundation and hoped the Foundation would measure up to their expectations.
Later, FBR Foundation CEO Saleem Ahmad Ranjha briefed the chairman and participants of the meeting about various initiatives taken in recent days by the Foundation to resolve the health-related issues of the serving and retired FMR employees. He said various options and strategies were being explored and studied to launch projects to resolve the education and housing related issues as well.
Member Administration Majid Qureshi, Member Operations Rehmatullah Wazir, Member SPR&S Nasir Masroor Ahmad and others also spoke on the occasion and gave various proposals and suggestions for the welfare of FBR employees under the umbrella of FBR Foundation.
