PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Friday tabled a bill in the provincial assembly for regularising the services of 449 contractual employees of 153 different projects of former Fata secretariat in the first phase.
There are a total of 3,449 contractual employees asking the government to regularize their services but in the first phase, the government has planned to regularize 449 employees. Earlier, the legal bill was tabled but it was deferred after objections were raised and parliamentary committee was formed to present its recommendation within 60 days.
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The committee has formulated its recommendations which were presented by Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai. The minister said that the bill has been brought in the House for approval with the consensus of all the committee members. The officials said that after the approval of the bill, the scrutiny process of the employees would be completed within 60 days.
The FATA Secretariat contract employees have been protesting since the merger of the tribal districts with the province. They said that most of the employees were associated with the secretariat for the last 15 years without service structure or promotion which was termed as a gross violation of basic human rights.
The minister while addressing on the floor of the assembly said that the government is taking steps to bring the merged districts into mainstream according to the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He assured that every contract employees of the farmer FATA secretariat would be regularized.
Yousafzai claimed that the merger of tribal districts with the province will usher in a new era of development and prosperity as the government is committed to ensure the provision of all the basic facilities of life in the tribal area. He informed that the employees of 32 other projects would also be regularlised soon.