Expressing grave concern over not having regularized their services, contract employees of Machine Readable Project (MRP) phase-1 of passport and immigration directorate have appealed to the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Federal Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan to come to their rescue and save their future.
They have further claimed that their service’s regularization case has been finalized long ago but ironically relevant file has been put in cold storage and lying with establishment division for final implementation due to red-tapeism.
The employees claimed that despite the secretary of interior ministry having dispatched several reminders to the establishment division no headway has been being made so far, which is creating frustration among the affected employees.
In a joint memorandum the contract employees attributed this sluggish attitude, mocking the government policy and to regulate those employees who are working since many years.
It is worth mentioning that it has been agreed upon that to regularize the contract employees above grade 16, the spectrum of the contract employees be expanded and the summery has been sent to the PM. By the amendment in regularization committee’s rules and regulations the implementation on 2011 regularization policy has become possible. It has been agreed upon in the meeting of secretary establishment division, secretary cabinet division, secretary FPSC and secretary CADD to make amendments in committee’s rules and regulations making daily wagers permanent without consideration of grades according to the judicial orders.
The employees have claimed that their regularization case has been long ago sent by Ministry of Interior, and in spite of repeated reminders establishment is paying no heed to it.
