Acting president issues Service of Pakistan 2012 ordinance

Ordinance will allow PCS officers from Sindh, Balochistan, Fata, G-B to be inducted in federal bureaucracy.

ISLAMABAD: To address the imbalance in the number of officers from different provinces in the federal bureaucracy, a presidential ordinance was issued by acting President Nayyar Hussain on Tuesday, Express News reported.

According to Express News bureau chief Amir Ilyas, the number of officers from Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is far greater than the number of officers from Sindh, Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The ordinance, which is named Service of Pakistan 2012, will allow administrators of Sindh, Balochistan, Fata and G-B to recommend Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officers for induction in the bureaucracy.

The PCS officers will be inducted as 21 grade officers to the post of senior joint secretary or additional secretary.