NAWABSHAH, Oct 20: PPP MPA Ghulam Qadir Chandio has said that the government will take strict action against those officials asking for bribes for appointments in government departments.

He said that services of all such officials would be terminated.

Mr Chandio was speaking at a ceremony at H.M Khoja auditorium where 750 offer letters for different jobs of Grade 1-4 were distributed on Monday.

He warned that if any government official was found involved in receiving money, he would be immediately terminated from service and would also face legal action. He said that the Pakistan People’s Party was working on the mission of Benazir Bhutto and providing relief to the poor.

Acting District Nazim Abdul Haq Jamali said that jobs were given to poor people and now it was their responsibility to perform their duties with honesty.

Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said that more jobs would be given to the people of Nawabshah.

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