‘Locals to be hired in Tarbela Dam project’

Tarbaila Dam General Manager and Project Director T-5 Muhammad Azam Joia has said that locals would not be neglected during the hiring of employees for the 5th extension project of Tarbela Dam.

He was chairing a meeting regarding the hiring of employees in the 5th extension project of Tarbela Dam. Senate Standing Committee for Water Resources Chairman Senator Peer Sabir Shah, Tehsil Mayor Ghazi Sahibzada Qasim Shah, GRC member Mohsin Shah, general secretary KP Labour wing Sarinjam Khan, representatives of Wapda Hydro Union and others attended the meeting.

The general manager said that the employment of the locals in the T-5 project is their right. “We would prioritise locals in hiring following the quota. We will also bound the company to follow the agreement and induct locals as per quota,” he added.

Senator Peer Sabir Shah said that they have reservations about the inductions of locals in the 5th extension project of Tarbela Dam by the foreign company. “We want to resolve the issue of employment in the T-5 project which is of national importance peacefully,” he said, adding that locals should be inducted into the project as per the defined quota and establish a hiring office at Ghazi city.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2022.