RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Federal Insurance Ombudsman Pakistan Muhammad Raeesuddin Paracha has said that an Asian Ombudsmen Conference will be held in Korea’s capital Seoul in 2018. Raeesuddin Paracha has recently attended the three-day International Ombudsmen Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand.

In a statement issued by the Secretariat of Federal Insurance Ombudsman Pakistan, he said all the Ombudsmen belonged to different institutions of Pakistan would also participate in that conference in Seoul.

He said in the Global Ombudsmen Conference, more than 70 delegations of Asian and European countries’ Ombudsmen participated in the Bangkok Conference. FIO Pakistan met with the Ombudsmen of different delegations of various countries and discussed matters of mutual interest and also shared the views about the working of Ombudsmen Institutions.

While meeting with FIO Pakistan, the Ombudsmen of European delegations informed that their Ombudsmen Institutions in European countries were not only working as an independent institutions but also enjoying the status of constitutional body. The delegations of Ombudsmen of European countries also invited the Federal Insurance Ombudsman Pakistan to visit their respective countries. On the occasion of Global Ombudsmen Conference, the Communication Authority of Thailand (CAT) issued Commemorative Postage Stamp depicting the picture of the Insurance Ombudsman.