ISLAMABAD: As many as 41 top level positions in 68 public sector organisations are lying vacant due to various reasons.
The detail of vacant posts was discussed during a Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms meeting held at Cabinet Division with Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood in the chair.
The meeting was also attended by Federal Minister for Maritimes Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for Defence Production Ms. Zubaida Jalal, and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Establishment Mohammad Shahzad Arbab.
On the instructions of the committee, a study was conducted by the Planning, Development and Special Initiative division to diagnose the difficulties and delays of executive recruitments in public sector organizations. “The committee was apprised that 41 top level positions in 68 Public sector organisations are lying vacant due to different reasons, says an official press release.
It said that study also recommended different measures including legal, human resource management, performance evaluation and hiring criteria to address the issue.
The chairman of the committee said the delay in recruitment of CEOs, and MP scale positions in public sector organisations was a matter of concern therefore committee commissioned that study to know the exact reasons behind this delay. Federal Cabinet would also be briefed about this, he added.
The committee also discussed in detail potential of maritime sector for revival of blue economy and different directions issued to the divisions concerned and departments in this regard.
Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2021
