PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a summary to upgrade the post of about 2,500 computer operators from BS-12 to BS-16.

An official in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat told Dawn that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak signed a summary to this effect on Tuesday and it had been sent to the finance department for further action.

The computer operators were on strike since May 16 and boycotting their duties, demanding upgradation of their posts.

The official said that the computer operators had already been given BS-16 in other three provinces and in the federal government departments. He said that the data entry operators, who were serving in BS-14, would also get BS-16 according to the summary.

Information Technology Staff Association president Habibullah Khan said that the government had accepted their longstanding demand of the posts’ upgradation. He said that their upgradation had been done under Section 38 (E) of the Constitution of Pakistan, which called for reducing disparity in the income and earnings of individuals, including persons in various classes of the service of Pakistan.

He said that the Supreme Court and Peshawar High Court had also given verdicts in their favour. He hoped that the orders concerning upgradation of their posts would be issued before May 31.

Mr Khan said that they would meet the chief secretary on Wednesday (today) and announce end of their boycott. He said that there were about 2,500 computer operators working in different departments across the province.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2016

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