Recruitment ban over: Establishment Division yet to formally notify PM’s announcement
Dillydallying throws organisations into disarray.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Establishment Division has yet to notify the government’s decision to lift a ban on temporary recruitment.
The prime minister had earlier announced that government departments would be allowed to reassume recruiting daily wagers where necessary.
A handout issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on April 2 quoted the premier as saying, “The government has allowed departments to hire contingent staff to meet genuine requirements.”
A few days ago, on the request of the interior ministry, the Cabinet Division had allowed it to fill 50 per cent of the vacant posts in the Federal Investigation Agency. Similarly, the railway ministry was also given similar permission.
But a source at the Establishment Division confirmed that the division has yet to formally notify the lifting of the ban following the premier’s announcement.
The prime minister had also instructed, according to the handout, that the heads of departments follow the defined rules and regulations while hiring daily wagers.
Interestingly, despite a lapse of 15 days, the baboos in the Establishment Division are twiddling their thumbs instead of typing up the notification.
CDA submits details of vacant posts
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has also submitted details of vacant posts to the Cabinet Division.
The civic agency has 18,635 sanctioned posts from BS-1 to 20, of which 13,586 are filled. During the recent Pakistan Peoples’ Party tenure, around 2,586 daily-wagers were hired by the CDA, 775 of whom were later regularised against approved posts on the recommendation of the Khurshid Shah-led cabinet sub-committee on regularisation.
At present, there are some 14,361 regular employees and 1,811 daily-wagers in the CDA, while 4,274 posts are lying vacant. Of the vacant posts, 1,811 are daily wagers and 1,188 are ordinary grade malis (OGM) in BS-1. In addition, some 10 assistant directors in BS-17 are also working as daily-wagers.
In May 2013, during the tenure of the caretaker government, the CDA had advertised some 1,089 vacancies, 928 of which were BS-1 to BS-14, while 161 posts were from BS-16 to BS-19. Over 250,000 jobseekers applied for these posts, with over 200,000, applicants for the lower grade jobs.
While the authority was scrutinising the applications, the PML-N government issued the ban on recruitment, forcing the CDA to shelve new hiring. A senior CDA officer also confirmed that the authority has yet to receive a formal notification about lifting of the ban on hiring of daily-wagers.
“The non-issuance of a formal notification has created confusion. The department requires directions in black-and-white to proceed,” the officer said.
He said that the lack of contingent staff was less significant for ministries and divisions than departments, because the latter have more direct dealings with the general public.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2014.
The Establishment Division has yet to notify the government’s decision to lift a ban on temporary recruitment.
The prime minister had earlier announced that government departments would be allowed to reassume recruiting daily wagers where necessary.
A handout issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on April 2 quoted the premier as saying, “The government has allowed departments to hire contingent staff to meet genuine requirements.”
A few days ago, on the request of the interior ministry, the Cabinet Division had allowed it to fill 50 per cent of the vacant posts in the Federal Investigation Agency. Similarly, the railway ministry was also given similar permission.
But a source at the Establishment Division confirmed that the division has yet to formally notify the lifting of the ban following the premier’s announcement.
The prime minister had also instructed, according to the handout, that the heads of departments follow the defined rules and regulations while hiring daily wagers.
Interestingly, despite a lapse of 15 days, the baboos in the Establishment Division are twiddling their thumbs instead of typing up the notification.
CDA submits details of vacant posts
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has also submitted details of vacant posts to the Cabinet Division.
The civic agency has 18,635 sanctioned posts from BS-1 to 20, of which 13,586 are filled. During the recent Pakistan Peoples’ Party tenure, around 2,586 daily-wagers were hired by the CDA, 775 of whom were later regularised against approved posts on the recommendation of the Khurshid Shah-led cabinet sub-committee on regularisation.
At present, there are some 14,361 regular employees and 1,811 daily-wagers in the CDA, while 4,274 posts are lying vacant. Of the vacant posts, 1,811 are daily wagers and 1,188 are ordinary grade malis (OGM) in BS-1. In addition, some 10 assistant directors in BS-17 are also working as daily-wagers.
In May 2013, during the tenure of the caretaker government, the CDA had advertised some 1,089 vacancies, 928 of which were BS-1 to BS-14, while 161 posts were from BS-16 to BS-19. Over 250,000 jobseekers applied for these posts, with over 200,000, applicants for the lower grade jobs.
While the authority was scrutinising the applications, the PML-N government issued the ban on recruitment, forcing the CDA to shelve new hiring. A senior CDA officer also confirmed that the authority has yet to receive a formal notification about lifting of the ban on hiring of daily-wagers.
“The non-issuance of a formal notification has created confusion. The department requires directions in black-and-white to proceed,” the officer said.
He said that the lack of contingent staff was less significant for ministries and divisions than departments, because the latter have more direct dealings with the general public.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2014.