Around 3,271 Employees Working On Contract Basis In Railways
Muhammad Irfan Published April 05, 2020 | 01:50 PM
ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Apr, 2020 ) :As many as 3,271 employees are currently working on contract basis in different scales in Pakistan Railways (PR) in different categories including Prime Minister package and invalidation policy.
Around 2,655 employees were working in the department under prime minister package, 304 employees under invalidation policy and 312 working under contract basis, an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP.
The recruitment of contract employees of Prime Minister's Assistance Package and recruitment of contract employees fall under invalidation policy was being made since the policy was introduced during the year 2000 and 2005 respectively and the same were made without advertisement.
However, the official said that other contract appointments were made through advertisements in the newspapers as per policy in vogue.
He said that all codal formalities and policy were observed for recruitment of the said employees circulated by Establishment Division from time to time.
He said that Pakistan Railways was understaffed, it needs around 22,000 more workers. The sanctioned strength of employees was 95,729. But, the department has 73,137 staffers on its payroll, he added.
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