Sindh cabinet decides to lift ban on govt jobs

KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet has decided to lift ban on all kind of recruitments. This step would help improve the performance of the government departments where positions are vacant and reduce poverty in the province through employment opportunities.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister while presiding over fourth cabinet meeting since he has taken over as a chief minister two month ago. The meeting strongly condemned India aggression and paid tribute to the soldiers killed by Indian Army on the border. The cabinet on behalf of people of Sindh assured Pakistan Army their full support.

The cabinet demanded the prime minister to convene All Parties Conference on issue of tension on the borders so that national unity and strategy could be developed on this important national issue.

The chief minister said that the unemployed youth were looking towards the government to lift the ban. "It is an appropriate time to lift ban on recruitment - because the government is trying to improve the efficiency of all the government department," he said and added this would be possible when all the vacant positions would be filled on merit.

The chief minister ordered all the departments to start holding departmental Promotional Committee (DPCs) meetings so that promotion posts could be filled and rest be advertised in the national press.

It may be noted that there are around 90,000 positions vacant in the province, almost half of them are promotion posts; therefore, about 50,000 vacancies would be filled through selection committees and Sindh Public Service Commission, according to their pay and scale. The chief minister clarified to all the cabinet members that there would not be any compromise on merit. "I need efficient people to make the departments efficient," he said.

The meeting also discussed the ToRs and SOP of Special Security Division - South (Sindh & Balochaitn) being created by the federal government to provide security to the CPEC projects. In the SSD there would be nine infantry battalions comprising a force of 9000 soldiers and six wings of 4502 civil and military force.

The cabinet discussed shisha smoking /cafe, gutka and manpuri at length and decided to impose ban on them. Secretary Health briefing the cabinet said that shisha smoking is equal to smoking 150 cigarettes in single time. About nine liters smoke is inhaled when a person smokes shesha in a session. The cabinet imposing ban on shehsh, gutka and manpuri directed the IG police to implement the decision.

Shah taking the cabinet into confidence said that he had taken a decision to fix operation timing of shops and markets from 9 am to 7pm while the closing time of marriage halls would be 10 pm.