The federal cabinet on Tuesday issued directives to the ministries and divisions to complete the recruitment process on 129,301 vacant posts within four months and decide the disciplinary matters related to civil servants on fast track basis. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said this while briefing the media persons about the decisions made in the federal cabinet meeting.
She said the Prime Minister has expressed his resolve that no public sector employee would be fired as the government is committed to providing employment to the jobless and not to make them jobless. She claimed that 2020 would be the year of job creation.
She said the Prime Minister directed the ministries and divisions to dispose of all the pending cases of civil servants as per rules and regulations and resolve penalty measures, seniority issues, promotion and other matters within a period of three months. He gave these directions after a briefing in which it was told that 106,343 cases of employees have been pending in the ministries and divisions for the last three decades, she further said.
Dr Awan said the meeting was also informed that 37 million items, including 6,000 official vehicles, of various government departments have been worn out, but no practical steps had been taken to dispose them of. The Prime Minister tasked the PM's Delivery Unit to pursue all the relevant ministries to resolve all the pending cases within 45 days, she added.
She said the federal cabinet gave approval to the proposal for structural and organizational reforms of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. It noted that restructuring of the ministry is imperative to fulfill the government's vision of correcting the imbalance in technical and administrative positions from existing 80 percent staff having no health background.
In line with the best international practices, she said the cabinet approved in principle to rename the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination as the Ministry of Health and Population. As part of the reforms, a completely new organogram has been evolved, with key positions filled by technical experts alongside civil servants in high administrative positions that would foster an enabling role for the ministry to function effectively and transparently, she added.
A new cadre for health among the Civil Services of Pakistan was approved by the cabinet, under which civil servants would be trained for the newly reformed health ministry, further enhancing its performance, the SAPM said.
Awan said the cabinet also gave approval to launch of an inquiry against five homoeopathic colleges working in the country. Steps are being taken to adopt best international practices in the homeopathic sector and the ministry would take concrete measures in this regard, she added.
She said the Civil Aviation Authority briefed the cabinet that in future there would be no need to get a no-objection certificate for building high-rises near airports, which would boost the construction of high-rises.
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