Recruitment banned during interim govt
Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and members of the Sindh Assembly pose for a group photo on the last day of their term. Photo: PPI
The last cabinet meeting on Friday decided to impose a ban on recruitment, except for the recruitment process being carried out by the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) and necessary recruitment in the developed project launched with the assistance of donor agencies.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over the meeting said that he, his cabinet members, and all the MPAs of his party were going back to the people with dignity and respect because, "we stood by them at a difficult time and served them to the best of our capabilities."
While briefing the members about five years journey the CM said that at the start of his government's tenure in 2018, the then federal government did not cooperate and instead tried to destabilise the PPP government in Sindh. However, he said, he continued to serve people of the province despite constraints. Shah said that during his tenure COVId-19 pandemic hit hard but his government took concrete steps to save lives of people.
He said that the province was still struggling to cope with the losses the pandemic had inflicted, torrential rains resulted into flooding and caused more disasters. "I had almost lost hope to drain out the water but the cabinet members, party workers, and the leadership supported me and finally every area was cleaned and wheat crops were sown," he said.
He claimed that cotton growers have harvested the bumper crop and achieved more than our requirement and now a record cotton crop is being reaped.
"We all - the party leadership, ministers, advisors, special assistants, coordinators, MPAs, and party workers stood with the flood-affected people in their tough times and the houses destroyed by the floods were reconstructed besides giving title of the land to the affected people.
The chief minister thanked his cabinet members, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput and former chief secretary Syed Mumtaz Shah for their support and cooperation. He also thanked the secretaries, heads of provincial government institutions, staff of the CM House, and everyone who worked with him during his tenure.
Cabinet members lauded the chief minister for his services. At the conclusion of the meeting, the chief minister posed for a group photo with the cabinet members.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2023..