Candidates who passed SPSC exams move SHC for appointment as doctors

The Sindh High Court issued notices to the health secretary and others on Friday on a petition of 31 successful candidates against their non-appointment as doctors despite passing the government’s competitive exams.

Dileep Kumar and 30 other complainants submitted that they had passed the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) exams for medical officers’ posts, but they had not been given offer letters.

Instead, they said, the government appointed 6,000 doctors after the approval of a summary by the chief ministers. They alleged that many of those given jobs did not appear in the competitive exam process.

They questioned the appointment of 6,000 doctors when the number of the sanctioned posts was 2,192, and requested the court to issue directives to the SPSC to conduct fresh examinations for making appointments of medical officers.

After the preliminary hearing of the petition, a division bench, headed by Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, issued notices to the health secretary and others, and called their comments on June 30.

 

Pir Mazhar’s plea 

The Sindh High Court directed the National Accountability Bureau to submit a progress report with regard to the investigation against former education minister Pir Mazharul Haq facing charges of illegal appointments in the education department.

Haq, who was the senior provincial minister for education in the previous PPP government, had moved the high court against the decision of NAB’s executive board to initiate an inquiry against him over the alleged illegal appointments in the education department after receiving bribes.

Haq’s counsel, Shahadat Awan, submitted that NAB decided to initiate the inquiry against his client, who was the senior minister in the previous PPP government, regarding his alleged involvement in unlawful use of government funds and illegal recruitments after the 2008 elections.

The NAB prosecutor told the court that the inquiry against Haq, Mumtaz Ali, Jabbar Dayo and other education department officials had been converted into an investigation and sought time to submit a progress report. 

The court directed the NAB prosecutor to submit a progress report by June 23 and also issued notices to the former provincial minister and education department officials for failing to appear.