Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the Education Department on Thursday to investigate charges of illegal appointments of teachers on district level and report back to him. He was presiding over a meeting at the Education Department to review progress on its projects at the Chief Minister's House.
The chief minister said that since 2008 there is a ban on recruitment of teachers. However, recruitment of required teaching staff has been made through well reputed organizations. Education minister Jam Mehtab Dahar told the chief minister that the salaries of 3,700 teachers have been stopped for want of verification of their credentials. Despite repeated notices issued through the national press "hardly 16 teachers have submitted their documents," he said. The chief minister directed the Secretary of education to inquire into the matter and register FIRs against those who are involved in the forgery of issuing illegal recruitment orders.