Ombudsman helps applicants from several districts get jobs

Beneficiaries employed under the Punjab Civil Servants Rules, 1974

LAHORE:

In the latest development, the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab successfully interceded on public complaints to ensure that the provincial government departments provided permanent jobs to 18 applicants from different districts under Rule 17-A of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974.

While giving details, the spokesman for the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab reported on Sunday that Talha Tariq had been appointed as a junior clerk in Attock, Muhammad Ilyas of Toba Tek Singh as a gardener and Omar Daraz of Jhang as a watchman. Additionally, Amina Bibi from Vehari had been recruited as Bulawi, Abrara Sadia and Chaand Hamza Goraya had been posted as Naib Qasids in Faisalabad and DG Khan, respectively, by the Education Department after the involvement of the Ombudsman’s Office.

Furthermore, the Health Department recruited Muhammad Waqas Bashir of Jaranwala as a ward boy, Rawalpindi’s Sultan Muhammad as a sentry patrol and Muhammad Hamad Ali of Toba Tek Singh as a junior clerk in BPS-11.

Similarly, the Superintending Engineer of the Lower Chenab Canal, East Circle, Sheikhupura, provided Asif Ali with the position of a junior clerk after the Ombudsman’s Office interceded to protect the legal right of the applicant, the spokesman added.

The spokesman further stated that the office of the deputy commissioner of Bhakkar recruited Safdar Abbas and Muhammad Shakil as junior clerks in Grade 11 with the Revenue Department. In addition, Tauqeer Ahmad from Vehari had been employed as a constable in Grade-7 by the police department and Muhammad Sajid from Multan had been selected as a Naib Qasid by the irrigation department, the spokesman said.

In a related development, Noor Fatima had been appointed as a sanitary worker by the market committee of Jahanian, Saulat Hasan as a baildar by the district council of Faisalabad, Fida Hussain as a watchman by the Tehsil Council of Sahiwal and Hamza Rasheed as a Naib Qasid.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 17^th, 2023.