DURING service in PIA, credit card schemes and personal bank loans were made so easy that paying back in time in installments was no problem and all went well .

However, at a stage, due to the crisis in the airline, a financial decision reduced salaries and perks. It is no more possible to pay back to banks all installments in time. This forced banks to involve recovery and collection departments and send representatives at home to let all neighbours know that a low-paid PIA employee failed to pay installments.

My pension, not properly calculated since 2010, further affected payment.

Seven years have passed and the pension was increased only once, from Rs 6070 to Rs 7587, despite corporation laws, rules ,instructions, court decisions and many letters published in these columns.

It seems no authority concerned is interested. Do we have two laws-one for the rich who can get away and the other for ordinary, low-income citizens? Will somebody take notice of what I am talking about? Talat Mahmood Rawalpindi