President Dr Arif Alvi has directed the State Life Insurance Corporation to pay group insurance profit to the widow of a primary school teacher Wali Muhammad, hailing from Multan.

In a statement on Wednesday, he said it is shameful that the widow had to struggle a lot for 14 years for a meager amount of 115,000 rupees. He also expressed concerns over the extraordinary delay in the payment.

Rejecting State Life's plea, he directed the corporation to pay the profit to the widow within 30 days. He directed to fix the responsibility for delay and submit a detailed report in this regard to the Federal Ombudsman in three months.

It may be added that the widow of schoolteacher Wali Muhammad had filed an application with the federal ombudsman regarding payment of the insurance claim. The Federal Ombudsman had ordered the State Life Insurance Corporation to pay the profit, against which the insurance body had filed an application to the President.