The Parliamentary Ombudsman has become the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) pursuant to the United Nations (UN) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

In a bid to provide relief to a widow of an electrocuted WAPDA employee, the Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan has solved a 15-year old pension case with recommendations to carry out disciplinary action against the responsible for their criminal negligence.

A complainant approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, requesting for closure of open cesspit which posed serious threat to his katcha house and endangered the lives of children.

A new regulation is aimed at supporting whistle‑blowers, protecting and, if requested, confidentially handling and ensuring the safety of their personal data.

The right to personal liberty and security from one side and the freedom of expression on another, represent a pre-condition for exercising many other rights, but also a pre-condition for a functional democracy.

The 2012-2014 Annual Report of the Veterans Ombudsman tabled in the House of Commons yesterday reflects an action-packed year.

Government agencies are more focused on resolving complaints and meeting customer expectations than they were 20 years ago, but they still need to improve.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr. Colin Neave, presented the institution's thirty-seventh Annual Report. The report also contains the annual report of the Defence Force Ombudsman, Postal Industry Ombudsman and Overseas Students Ombudsman.