President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the prime minister, on Thursday approved promulgation of Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 thus making all the employees of the devolved ministries permanent civil servants in the organisations to which they were transferred and were presently working.
Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said due to abolition of the Concurrent List as a result of the 18th Amendment, devolution of subjects to the provinces and reorganisation of the Federal Secretariat, around 10,000 civil servants of 17 devolved ministries/divisions/departments and offices were adjusted in the federal and provincial governments on deputation basis under Section 10 of the Civil Servants Act 1973. However these employees are yet to be absorbed on permanent basis.
The spokesperson said the Implementation Commission formed under the 18th Amendment prepared draft legislations for amendments in the Federal Civil Servants Act 1973 and respective Provincial Civil Servants Act however those could not be finalised until the completion of tenure of Implementation Commission on 1st July 2011.