Murder of merit in the name of politically-motivated quotas is an injustice. Our rulers should learn a lesson from ongoing riots in Bangladesh and end the unjust urban-rural quota system in Sindh province that is fanning hatred and divides, said Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor here Sunday.
He said rural and urban populations live in all provinces of Pakistan but the rural-urban quota is slapped only in Sindh province which is a discrimination and thus unconstitutional. He said the Supreme Court of Pakistan must take a suo moto notice of this discrimination meted out only to the citizens of Sindh province. He said the previous government illegally extended the quota system and that order must also be annulled.
He said if the rural-urban quota is a blessing why the people of Punjab, KP and Balochistan are deprived of it. He said in fact the rural-urban quota in Sindh is increasing rifts and divides amongst people and it should be done away with. He said like other provinces there should be one provincial quota category in Sindh province also.
He said now is the time to promote merit. He said all government jobs irrespective of pay scales and grades should be filled through public service commission’s and necessary lawmaking in this regard should be done immediately. He said the government should pay a joblessness allowance to all jobless people of Pakistan. He said universal social security should be given to all Pakistani citizens which is their constitutional right.
He said all political parties should struggle for the introduction of merit based recruitment system in Pakistan.
He said if the neglected agriculture and irrigation sectors of Pakistan are taken care of, there would be millions of new job opportunities in Pakistan. He said with new dams, canals, drip irrigation and modern farming methods we could make our vast arid and semi-arid lands and if this was done the people would look no more for government jobs, as an agriculture revolution in Pakistan would create millions of new jobs.
He said we have ample sunshine and with the use of solar technology we can convert saline water into irrigation water for cultivating our barren lands.
