A meeting was held in the Civil Secretariat, chaired by the Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare Raja Basharat on Tuesday.
Recruitment on contracts of visually impaired persons working on daily wages in the departments of School Education, Local Government, Specialised Healthcare, Primary Healthcare and Housing & Urban Development was reviewed. It is to be noted that these departments have not recruited any visually impaired person despite repeated instructions.
Social Welfare Secretary Zahid Salim Gondal told the meeting that 48 out of 118 posts in Primary Healthcare Department, 40 out of 180 posts in Specialised Healthcare Department, 3 out of 35 in Housing and 1 out of 60 daily wagers were shifted to contract employment in the School Education Department while recruitment has not been completed on any of the 27 posts in the Local Government Department.
Raja Basharat directed that recruitment on all the remaining posts should be ensured till February 16 and if there were any legal or other difficulties in the matter of recruitment, it should be brought to the notice of the committee.
He emphasised that disciplinary action would be recommended against officers who did not follow the directions of the chief minister in this regard. The meeting was also attended by Social Welfare DG Dr Aisha and secretaries of the respective departments.
