[1] According to Section 11 of the Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Act of 2013, the FTO may stay the operation of an impugned order or decision for a period up to sixty days.

[2] The FTO is responsible for findings, recommendations, and contempt proceedings (equal to the Supreme Court); according to the Powers of a Civil Court under Code of Civil Procedure of 1908, this includes summoning any person and examining him on oath, enforcing the attendance of any person, compelling production of documents, receiving evidence on affidavits, and issuing commission for examination of witnesses.

(However, a time-barred complaint can be condoned by the Hon’ble FTO, if he deems it proper in the interest of justice.)

According to Section 10(3) of the Ordinance, a complaint is to be made no later than six months from the day on which the person aggrieved first had the notice of the matter.

According to Section 14(2) of FOIRA of 2013, the operation of the impugned order shall remain suspended for 60 days in case of filing of representation before the President of Pakistan.

The FTO's special investigations include the Smuggled Vehicles Amnesty Scheme, the ISAF Container Scam, and the One Man Inquiry Commission Third Interim Report.

[8][9][10] The FTO has regional offices in Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Multan, and Gujranwala.