KARAK: Officers of the education department’s management cadre have demanded upgradation of their posts complaining the recent upgradation of clerical posts has badly disturbed the service hierarchy.

The demand came during a meeting of the management cadre’s male and female officers in southern districts here on Saturday.

Officers of the cadre attended the meeting in large numbers.

Participants said after the upgradation of clerical posts, a superintendent was given BPS-17 and office assistant BPS-16, threatening the positions of gazetted officers.

Insist recent upgradation of clerical positions badly disturbed service hierarchy

They also said the clerks, who got upgraded posts, were unwilling to work under the management cadre’s officers because they stood equal or higher in scale to them.

The participants expressed concern over the situation and said it had practically made the smooth functioning of the office impossible.

They said clerks considered themselves to be officers and were no more ready to obey the orders of the management cadre’s officers.

The participants said after the upgradation of the clerical posts, employees of other cadres protested prompting the government to form a committee to make recommendations for their upgradation.

They added that the committee had sent recommendations to the government, which had yet to act on them.

The participants appealed to the chief minister, chief secretary and education secretary to step in and ensure early upgradation of the management cadre officers’ posts to end their unrest.

THREAT ISSUED: Pensioners on Saturday demanded 20 per cent increase in pension and 30 per cent increase in medical allowance.

They also threatened to agitate if the demand wasn’t met.

The demand was made during a meeting here, where district president of the Retired Employees Union Mian Saadat Shah was in the chair.

Shah said pensioners were struggling to meet both ends, so their pension should be increased at least 20 per cent and medical allowance 30 per cent.

He said most pensioners were so poverty-stricken that they had got smalltime jobs in factories and other organisations for very nominal salary.

The union president warned if the demand was not met, all retired government employees along with serving ones would agitate.

Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2014