ISLAMABAD – The central government is preparing to abolish at least 70,000vacancies in various ministries and divisions which are vacant for morethan a year.
This action however may not apply to the posts where the hiring process hasalready started.
The cabinet was also informed that federal government entities have beenreduced from 441 to 324. Improvement within these entities largely relatesto improving authority, rationalizing service structure, and introducingdigitisation in the service delivery.
Prime Minister Imran Khan in a recent meeting inquired about the impact ofthese measures. The Adviser to PM on IRA responded that the impact of theseactions is incremental.
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The Cabinet Secretary, while suggesting the financial gains from thesemeasures, suggested that the financial impact could be determined bycomparing budget allocation with next financial years’ demand in pay andpayments for all the entities whose status has been re-determined by thesemeasures.
The Cabinet Secretary further highlighted that the mandate of theImplementation Committee also included a cost-benefit analysis of eachreform, which did not happen. However, this may be done for determining theimpact assessment of these reforms.
