Sanitary jobs: Waste firm accused of discrimination
Advertisement condition that candidates be non-Muslim has sparked anger
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FAISALABAD:
The Commission for Justices and Peace (NCJP) has strongly condemned an advertisement by the Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) for sanitary staff in the city.
The FWMC advertisement sparked anger over imposing condition that candidates “must be from Faisalabad, healthy and non-Muslims”.
In a statement issued on Saturday the NCJP termed the FWMC advertisement as “blatant discrimination against the minorities”.
“The advertisement is based on discrimination against minorities. It is an attempt to divide society into segments and promote the notion that minorities and non-Muslims are second-class citizens,” NCJP statement said.
“This kind of attitude, is a gross violation of Article 27 of the Constitution, which says: ‘No citizen otherwise qualified for appointment in the service of Pakistan shall be discriminated against in respect of any such appointment on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth’,” it said.
The statement pointed out that “this is not the first time, when specifically non-Muslims are invited to apply for sanitary jobs”.
Similar advertisement sparked indignation when head of Multan District Health Bureau announced that only non-Muslims will perform sanitation work in local hospitals and rural health facilities.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2017.
The Commission for Justices and Peace (NCJP) has strongly condemned an advertisement by the Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) for sanitary staff in the city.
The FWMC advertisement sparked anger over imposing condition that candidates “must be from Faisalabad, healthy and non-Muslims”.
In a statement issued on Saturday the NCJP termed the FWMC advertisement as “blatant discrimination against the minorities”.
“The advertisement is based on discrimination against minorities. It is an attempt to divide society into segments and promote the notion that minorities and non-Muslims are second-class citizens,” NCJP statement said.
“This kind of attitude, is a gross violation of Article 27 of the Constitution, which says: ‘No citizen otherwise qualified for appointment in the service of Pakistan shall be discriminated against in respect of any such appointment on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth’,” it said.
The statement pointed out that “this is not the first time, when specifically non-Muslims are invited to apply for sanitary jobs”.
Similar advertisement sparked indignation when head of Multan District Health Bureau announced that only non-Muslims will perform sanitation work in local hospitals and rural health facilities.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2017.