- Notification says ban on recruitments also applies on contractual employees, civil armed forces, transfers and inductions.
The government has decided in principle to expel all the contract employees recruited during the tenure of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government.
According to a notification of the federal government on Tuesday, after federal ministries and divisions, ban has also been imposed on recruitments in autonomous bodies, civil armed forces (Frontier Corps, Rangers and Coast Guards etc).
Thousands of contract appointees will not enjoy extension and will be relieved after completion of their contracts.
According to notification, no ministry, division, corporation, autonomous body or civil armed forces will have the powers to appoint even the contract or temporary employees. The ban will also apply on appointments through transfer or induction.
All the heads of federal ministries, divisions, autonomous bodies, corporations and civil armed forces have been informed about the government policy through the notification.
Under this new decision, thousands of contract and daily wages employees in various ministries and autonomous bodies will be ousted once their contract expires.
The PPP had appointed thousands of people on contract during its five-year reign and had regularised them before the end of its government tenure.
According to sources, different boards have been set up in various government departments to look into the appointments during the PPP tenure in sheer violation of merit and transparency.
Sources also said the Ministry of Law is also preparing an ordinance to tackle the issue of employees reinstated by the PPP government and given Constitutional protection.