Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal on Friday presented the Annual Report-2005 to Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at Governor House. According to the report the number of individual complaints received during the year stood at 8,846 as compared to 7,813 in 2004.
The report says that as directed by the governor, emphasis is being laid on increasing outreach of the ombudsman's institution by opening more field offices. While seven regional and one sub-regional office were already functioning, three more were in the pipeline.
The offices in the interior are located at Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah and Naushhero Feroz while one regional office is functioning in Karachi Central. Three newly planned offices will be in Badin and Karachi East.
The ombudsman in his report highlighted the efforts being made to make 'Access to Administrative Justice' easier by reducing the turnaround time and achieving Internet connectivity in the network.
On the occasion, governor emphasised fostering the principles of good governance by ombudsman through greater intervention where necessary. He called for continued and effective persuasion of ombudsman's statutory charter to curb maladministration.