KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday approved providing 340 jobs in various departments under the deceased quota reserved for legal heirs of government employees who died during service, said a statement.

“A meeting was held at Sindh secretariat with Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah in the chair regarding implementation of the quota,” it said.

According to a break-up, 207 jobs would be provided in school education, 34 in health, five in irrigation, 32 in local government, 12 in works and services, nine in agriculture, eight each in college education and livestock, one in food, six in public health engineering, four in the home, eight in services and general administration and two in revenue departments while one was sanctioned in chief minister’s secretariat.

In the meeting, it said, the Sindh chief secretary sought report from all secretaries and deputy commissioners concerned and said that a report might be submitted in this regard.

“The chief secretary sought reports from all secretaries concerned on the issues of death and disability quota, and regularisation of employees and said that timely comments should be submitted in court cases,” said the statement.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2021