Govt directs officers to speed up release of compensation to PaK refugees Archives

The government has directed the payment of Rs 5.5 lakh be made to each of the over 36,000 displaced families of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) by December-end as compensation for the properties left over by them on other side of Line of Control (LoC). As per the documents available with Kashmir Post, Relief and Rehabilitation department has directed that entire work of the actual payments, preparation of accounts shall be over by December 31, 2016. The Finance department has vide the government order no 169-F of 2016 dated 14 July…