PESHAWAR: Technical Staff Association (TSA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has asked the provincial government to provide the technical workers the same perks as it had given to clerks over the years.

In a statement issued here, TSA information secretary Nawazuddin said that the provincial government had provided all kinds of perks to clerks, while technical staff was denied the same despite being better qualified in education as well training.

Mr Nawaz said that in 1990s the government provided selection grade to clerks while they were also given promotion in 2007.

He said that at the same time non-clerical staff was not considered worthy of the same treatment. He said that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak also gave upgradation to the clerks in May 2014.

He said that the office assistant of BS-11 had been upgraded to BS-16, but the better educated and trained technical staff was languishing in the same grade for past many years.

He said that sub-engineers, research assistants, cataloguers and account assistants were appointed in BS-11 by the Public Service Commission and were given one scale promotion, while in the meanwhile clerks jumped four scales up.

He said that non-clerical staff was in BS-11 for past several years due to government’s step-motherly attitude with them.

He asked the provincial government to correct the wrongs against non-clerical staff in the upcoming budget.

Published in Dawn, May 26th, 2017