PESHAWAR: The candidates, who appeared in the drivers’ recruitment test in police department last year, held a protest demonstration here on Thursday against the delay in holding of interviews and demanded of the provincial government to resolve their problem.

The people who had gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club said they had appeared in ETEA test in 2022 for driver posts in police department but only selected people were invited for interview and the rest of the candidates were ignored.

They added that the tests were held in different districts. In Peshawar there were 157 vacancies but only 53 candidates who had obtained 50 percent marks were called for interview and the rest were ignored. They said according to the rules, the candidates who got 40 per cent marks were eligible for the posts.

“We had prepared ourselves for the test and spent our precious time and money but we were ignored despite obtaining the required marks,” they complained. They claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Rules No. 1934 had been amended and passed by the law department, under which even those who scored less than 40 per cent marks were also eligible for recruitment in public sector departments.

They said in the light of the amendment in the police rules all the eligible candidates should be called for interview as early as possible.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2023