ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) has launched registration process for the Federal Government Employees Membership Phase-II. “The seniority of the members of Phase-II will be considered on the basis of age, however the seniority of new registered members of same category would be considered in a new group,” an official in the foundation told media. He said that the members who were registered in Phase-I on the basis of first come first served could also register themselves on the basis of age in Phase-II. “For the first time in history, employees can avail the facility of online form and download from the website of Punjab Bank and FGEHF,” he said, adding that July 31 will be the last date to apply. The official said that eligibility criteria of the members would be set according to the quota policy of the Housing Foundation and would be implemented from the date of membership. He said that the detail of the quota policy could be found on the membership form and website of the Housing Foundation. “The mandate of the foundation is to provide shelter to the homeless federal government employees and other specified groups on No Profit No Loss basis,” he said. He said the foundation started membership drive for the registration of federal government employees in 2009 when the members were registered on the basis of “first come first served” and it ended in February 2014, in which almost 36,000 employees got registered. In addition, around 100,000 federal employees got registered themselves in membership drive-II which started on the basis of age-wise seniority in April 2015 and closed in July 2017. He said that in Bara Kahu, there were 36,000 registered applicants against the total number of 3,268 plots while 32,000 consent letters and 2,415 provisional offer letters had been issued. Published in Daily Times, July 2nd 2018.