Izzat Rubab/Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to abolish posts in Basic Pay Scale 1 to 16 that have remained vacant for more than one year.
The Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms (CCIR) has considered a summary submitted by the finance division regarding “Re-Organizing the Federal Government Proposal Regarding Abolition of Posts” and took an important decision in this regard.
Available documents with NewsLite disclosed that all ministries/divisions will abolish posts in BPS-1 to 16 that have remained vacant for more than one year. However, the posts to be abolished will not include posts that are vacant due to transfer/posting and positions meant for promotion.
Moreover, the posts where the recruitment process is already under process will also be exempted till the finalization of the process.
As per details, the posts in BPS-1 to 16 belonging to health, education, and police departments in the federal government will be exempted from abolition being the operational nature of such departments.
The CCIR, in its decision, has advised all Principal Accounting Officers (PAOs) of all ministries/divisions to carry out an exercise to identify the posts for abolition and intimate within four (04) weeks to CCIR.
It is pertinent to mention here that the much-trumpeted pre-election promise of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government was to create 10 million jobs in its five-year term. However, it is now all set to abolish hundreds of posts in BPS-1 to 16 which in result will create frustration among Pakistanis especially the youth.
