Merit violated in CWAs stations allocation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken notice of violation of merit in allocation of stations (countries) for the posting of Community Welfare Attachés in Pakistani embassies abroad.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development had sent a summary to prime minister for approval of appointment of Community Welfare Attachés. The Establishment Division said the ministry did not do allotment of stations according to merit.

The prime minister agreed to the objection of Establishment Division and approved to change the allocation of stations according to merit. The prime minister said allocation of stations should be strictly according to merit. Three things should be considered – a written test, interview and candidate’s choice. The prime minister made it clear exceptions cannot be allowed.

Prime Minister’s Secretary Asad-ur-Rahman Geelani has informed the HRD Ministry of PM’s directions.

Some 19 officers of Grade 18 and 19 of various

service groups have been assigned stations according to merit.

Abdul Latif of Police Service to New York; Waqar Ali Khan of Pakistan Administrative Service to Milan; Salik Mahmood to Barcelona; Syed Aziz of Police Service to Riyadh, Hamza Naveed of PMS to Kuala Lumpur; Osama Idrees of Inland Revenue Service to Doha-1; Sonia Sadaf of PAS to Abu Dhabi; Mohammad Khizr Afzal of PAS to Athens; Mohsin Raza Qureshi of Audit and Accounts Service to Doha-2; Hamza Tuqeer to Kuwait; Hafiz Abdul Manan Beg of PMS to Muscat;

Jannat Hussain Nikokara

of PAS to Riyadh-2; Zaka Zafar Rana of PCS to Jeddah-1; Syed Jalal Haider Zaidi of Customs to Pretoria; Zahra Dastgir of PAS to Tokyo; Zainab Asad Munir of Inland Revenue Service to Jeddah-2; Abdul

Hameed Janjua of OMG to Seoul; Aqif Iqbal to Jeddah-3; Wasif Rehman to Bahrain. Wasif Rehman has been selected from the waiting list.