In a letter addressed to the AGPR, the ECP said there was a ban on recruitments and development schemes, but it had been observed that tender/recruitment notices for procurement/recruitments were being published in the dailies on regular basis on behalf of various departments.

The ECP has taken a serious view of the fact and desired that all payments pertaining to tenders published after April 1 should not be released and “stopped forthwith.”

The ECP has also asked the AGPR to convey necessary instructions in this regard to its respective subordinate offices for strict compliance.

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