The Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has sought details of "illegal" recruitments in public-sector entities (PSEs) from various ministries and divisions.
It was stated by the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Shibli Faraz, during a press conference following a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by the prime minister. The minister said Imran Khan had sought details of "illegal" recruitment in various ministries and 27 divisions and departments of the federal government.
Citing a list submitted by the government departments some 638 such people were inducted in violation of laid down procedures. He said other ministries had been directed to submit details of "illegal" recruitments in one week.
Faraz said action was being taken against "illegal" recruitments from August 2016 onwards. He said the cabinet had constituted a committee in the chairmanship of Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan to prepare a legal framework to outsource country's airports so that they could be brought to the level of international standards.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has also directed to clear all outstanding dues of media houses before Eid. Faraz said Prime Minister Imran Khan was briefed about outstanding dues of various media houses against various ministries.
He said the prime minister instructed all the ministries to clear their dues so that media houses could pay salaries and outstanding amounts of media workers before Eid.
The minister said the federal cabinet also discussed to improve Telemetry System to ensure just distribution of water among provinces as per their share. Responding to a question, the minister said report of the inquiry commission on the sugar scandal would be released very soon.
In response to another query, Faraz said jobs of employees of the airports would be secured.
He said the downtrodden segments of society are very important for the prime minister.
Answering another question, the minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan would address the World Economic Forum tomorrow, via a video link.
He said Imran Khan would talk about his Global Debt Relief initiative. Faraz said the cabinet had also approved export of locally-manufactured surplus COVID-19 protective gear. He said the cabinet also approved appointment of community welfare attaches in various countries to facilitate overseas Pakistanis there.
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