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ISLAMABAD: There are more than 65,000 positions from Grade one to 22 lying vacant in federal government offices across the country since the last few years.
The Establishment Division documents share data of civil servants, gazette and non-gazette employees, women, and non-Muslims working in the federal government, ministries divisions and its attached departments.
As per the figures of fiscal year 2015-16, there are a total of 520,382 sanctioned posts, of which 454,517 are filled, while 65,865 positions are lying vacant.
In Grades one to 16, about 57,743 positions are lying vacant. About 7,000 are vacant in Grade 16; 5,000 in Grade 14; 4,000 in Grade 11; 5,000 in Grade seven and about 10,000 in Grade one.
In Grades 17 to 22, about 8,122 posts are lying vacant. Five thousand posts are vacant in Grade 17; 1,997 in Grade 18; 305 in Grade 20; 45 in Grade 21 and 19 seats are vacant in Grade 22.
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“The posts are vacant for several reasons including recently retired employees, court cases, and non-availability of professionals against those seats,” said a senior official of the Establishment Division.
Recently, the Federal Public Service Commission also submitted in its annual report that over 500 posts in Grades 16-22 were lying vacant due to non-availability of professionals against different specialised posts.
Province-wise there are about 410 posts of Grades 17 to 22 occupied by officers holding domicile of Islamabad; 14,242 in Punjab; 1,887 in Sindh rural and 1,681 in Sindh urban; 3,454 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P); 402 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK); 1,822 in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and about 462 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
The comparison of data shows an increase in the number of federal government employees since 2006-07 when it was 375,932 as against 454,517 in 2015-16, showing an increase of 17.28%.
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Similarly, in total there are about 23,298 women in Grades one to 22 of which about 6,014 belong to Grades 17 to 22. In Grade 22, about 11 seats are occupied by women. One is from Islamabad, eight from Punjab, one each from Sindh and K-P, while no post has been occupied by women in Balochistan, AJK, G-B, and Fata.
A total of 4,040 women are serving in Grade 17 of which about 2812 are from Punjab.
In Grades one to 16, about 5,295 women are serving, of which, 3,869 are from Punjab, 178 from Islamabad, and rest from other areas.
About 11,470 non-Muslims are employees of the federal government. About 11,221 employees are in Grades one to 16 and 249 in Grades 17 to 22. In Grades one and two, there are 2,643 and 5,281 female employees, respectively.
These non-Muslim figures include Christians, Ahmadis, Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities.
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The number of minorities was 10,388 in 2012-13 of which 9,320 were Christians; 222 Ahmadis; 719 Hindus; 104 non-caste Hindus; seven Sikhs and 16 from other religions.
Province-wise Punjab leads with 7,071 employees, followed by 1,177 in Sindh urban and 552 in Sindh rural. About 912 women are working in federal government offices in Islamabad.
The issue of vacant posts has been a serious concern for lawmakers in the Centre and other provinces, especially Balochistan and Fata.
According to the Establishment Division, about 3,431 posts are lying vacant in Balochistan in federal government offices under the Aghaz-e-Huqooq Balochistan.
Recently, the National Accountability Bureau took notice of appointment of people from outside Balochistan on the posts on fake domiciles. The corruption watchdog also sought detailed report from the Establishment Division secretary regarding posts on federal quota lying vacant in the province.
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