CM agrees to regularize NTS qualified teachers, up-gradation of police

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR :Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has in principle agreed to the overall design of the regularization of the teaching employees recruited through NTS in the education department and directed to include all such employees recruited through NTS or other such forums.

It should also include IT related employees and others, in all departments throughout the province.

Chief Minister approved the regularization design in a high level meeting, he presided over here Tuesday at Chief Minister House. Senior Provincial Minister for Local

Government Inayatullah, Chief Secretary Azam Khan, IGP Salahuddin Mehsud and administrative secretaries attended.

The meeting discussing two point agenda that included regularization of teachers and other employees recruited through NTS and up-gradation of police officials and officials in other public sector departments and entities.

The meeting made various decision regarding financial implications and the required approval at proper forum and the subsequent legislations. The Chief Minister issued the required directives for both the regularization and the up-gradation of different posts in all public sector departments and entities.

The Chief Minister in his address to the participants of the meeting directed for a uniform and just approach in both the regularization and up-gradation of employees adding his government would spend billions on the overall design of the regularization and up-gradation.

However, his government expects a matching efficiency from the public servants for the efficient services to the people.

He directed to bring a combined case for the regularization of teachers and other employees to the provincial cabinet for clearance in its next meeting.

Regarding the up-gradation of police and employees of other departments, the Chief Minister directed that the already finalized case of up-gradation should be brought to the agenda of the provincial cabinet in its next sitting. However, he directed the concerned departments to prepare a consolidated case of up-gradation of all departments with immediate focus on studying at level of establishment department in order to support and approve a just and uniform formula for the up-gradation of all employees.

The case should not take more than ten-day he said and asked to remove the disparity at serving level of all public sector institutions.

Pervez Khattak reminded he wanted a structured serving system and formula giving maximum benefit to the public servants in order to enhance their motivational level to their dedicated services to the people.

The Chief Minister directed to finalize everything for bringing a complete case to the cabinet which would be cleared at that forum and would be then put for legislation from the provincial assembly.

Meanwhile the Chief Minister also directed to finalize the regularization of employees both of IT and projects continuous in nature and required for future support to the overall service delivery system and required for good and efficient governance in the province.

He directed for a consolidated case for the up-gradation of public sector employees. All the departments should be on board in the overall up-gradation design as the government would go for one time legislation, he said.Khattak asked for the proper service structure in order to ensure a just system protecting the rights of every employee in the province. Agreeing to the overall up-gradation design, the Chief Minister directed the IGP to sit with the Chief Secretary for the finalization of up-gradation of police employees of different grades.