Tag: Quota

The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that the government had allotted the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) quota on political grounds, even to those...

LAHORE - The All Deaf Group demanded a one percent quota from the two percent quota for the disabled in the government jobs. They complained that whenever an advertisement for a government job appeared in newspapers, it signified that the disabled people had the quota, and on that quota, when a deaf or dumb person applied for the job, he was rejected and discriminated against in the interview.
They termed this treatment as 'cruel, humiliating and highly unjust'. They said that

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) is unlikely to decide the fate of plots of its employees on its own terms, discarding LDA staffers' demands. All was set to dole out the plots through balloting on Thursday (today) but the court issued restraining orders on Wednesday. An LDA employee, Muhammad Khalid, petitioned in the civil court, saying that LDA should be stopped holding balloting for employees' plots on March 10 as he apprehended that balloting will not do the justice

LAHORE - Women judges should have a fixed ratio in all superior courts including the Lahore High Court (LHC) where all judges are men, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir said on Tuesday. She was addressing a seminar at the Lahore High Court Bar Association's (LHCBA) Karachi Hall in connection with International Women's Day. LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Supreme Court (SC) Justice Saqib Nisar were also present on the occasion. Speakers said

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution unanimously demanding of the Sindh government to ensure implementation of the 60-40 percent ratio of quota in government jobs and promotions of employees in government departments as well as autonomous bodies.
PPP's Ghulam Mujadid Isran presented the resolution on Private Members Day of the assembly; the MQM, PML-F and other parties also supported the resolution.
Isran, while explaining his resolution, said that

ISLAMABAD - A four-member Supreme Court bench Friday accepted for regular hearing a petition against implementation agreement between the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) and Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) on the allotment of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) quota. The petition has been filed by Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) parliamentarians Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Barjees Tahir and Abid Sher Ali.
The bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain

LAHORE - The Aashiyana Housing Scheme will have a special quota for orphans, widows, disabled and families of martyrs, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday. He was chairing a meeting of Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) Board of Directors (BoD) at the CM's Secretariat.
The meeting reviewed in detail pace of progress of the Aashiyana Housing Scheme for low-income people. Shahbaz said that the Punjab government has launched the Aashiyana Housing Scheme for

KARACHI - The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) - Sindh-based political think tank comprising intellectuals, educationists, thinkers, economists, writers, professionals and concerned citizens - has expressed grave concern over the recent announcement by the Sindh government to allocate 50 percent of its job quota to the MQM.
The SDF would start a series of protests throughout the province if the PPP does not immediately reverse its decision, said a statement issued on Sunday.
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KARACHI - The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) - a Sindh-based political think tank comprising intellectuals, educationists, thinkers, economists, writers, professionals and concerned citizens - has expressed grave concern over the recent announcement by the Sindh government to allocate 50 percent of its job quota to the MQM.
The SDF would start a series of protests throughout the province if the PPP does not immediately reverse its decision, said a statement issued on Sunday.