HYDERABAD, Jan 24: Tando Mohammad Khan District Nazim Mir Inayat Ali Talpur on Monday directed district government departments to furnish lists of vacant posts so that these could be filled.
Presiding over a meeting of EDOs and other district officials, he said the lists should be provided within three days.
He said that after seeking approval from federal and provincial governments, vacant posts in government departments would be filled on merit basis by inviting applications through advertisement.
He also cancelled deputation orders of various government officials working in education, health, irrigation, roads, revenue and other departments. He made it clear that officials of the same grade and departments would work on the posts and not those working on deputation.
The nazim told the meeting that approval was being sought from the health department to upgrade basic health centres in three talukas of the district.
He also constituted committees to ensure success of the anti-polio campaign.
Mr Talpur warned that negligence in duty or inefficiency would not be tolerated in lining of watercourses.
He said any police officer who failed to control crime in his area would be removed forthwith.
The nazim also gave details about construction of roads, water supply, education, health and electrification schemes which would be completed at a cost of Rs2.5 billion.
Those who attended the meeting included the EDO, revenue, Syed Attaullah Shah, DPO, Mohammad Sadiq Bhatti, EDO, health, Dr Ashfaq Ahmad Bhutto, EDO, education Sikandar Mallah, anti-polio campaign in-charge, Dr Ghulam Rasool Buriro, and a WHO representative, Dr Domicina.
INTERVIEWS: Tando Mohammad Khan DCO Amir Ali Behan, who is also chairman of the recruitment committee, here on Monday announced that interviews of eligible candidates for different posts, including naib qasid and watchman, on three years contract basis under the national programme for lining of watercourses would be held at his office on Jan 30.
MOVEMENT: The central committee of the Sindh Hari Committee at a meeting held here on Tuesday decided to launch a protest movement throughout the province against construction of dams on the River Indus, army operation in Balochistan and the NFC award on the basis of population.
Azhar Jatoi presided over the meeting.
Rejecting the NFC award on the basis of population, it demanded that the award should be announced on the basis of revenue generation and poverty.
It believed that the construction of water projects on River Indus would be harmful for the unity, solidarity and integrity of the country.
It urged the rulers to scrap the water projects in the larger interest of the country.
The meeting criticized the Balochistan operation and demanded that it should be called off and a dialogue should be initiated with nationalist leaders of the province to resolve contentious issues.
The committee, however, did not announce a date for launching the protest movement.
ENCROACHMENTS: The planning and development control department, HDA, on Tuesday bulldozed encroachments in the Hosh Nagar Housing scheme near the vegetable market on the Hali Road with the assistance of the Latifabad A- and B-section police.
A spokesman for the HDA claimed that encroachers had been served with a notice to remove encroachments but they had not paid any heed.
He said the department had demolished encroachments on 77 plots and taken over the plots.
Protest against landlord: Activists of the Green Rural Development Organization held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday against a landlord of Tando Ghulam Ali, Matli taluka, for allegedly torching houses of people in Hubro.
They carried banners and placards demanding registration of a case against the landlord and his henchmen under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Speaking on the occasion, organisation coordinator Dr Hyder accused the landlord and his cronies of setting ablaze houses of poor people living in Goth Hubro for 70 years.
Qamar Shaikh said household items of the people had also been burnt.
Noted leftist leader Jam Saqi called upon the government to take notice of the incident and punish the accused.
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