Secretary Information writes letter to Accountant General Sindh for stopping salaries and allowances of 38 Information Officers till their suitability is assessed by Sindh Public Service Commission
Sindh Courier Report
Karachi: The Information Department of Sindh government has stopped the payment of salaries and allowances of its 38 Information Officers appointed on contract basis in the year 2012, till their suitability is assessed by Sindh Public Service Commission.
The action has been taken following the orders of Sindh High Court in a petition filed by one Marvi, challenging the appointments. The appointments in the Information Department were reportedly made during the period when Sharjeel Inam Memon held the portfolio of Information Minister.
Secretary Information Department, in a letter to the Accountant General Sindh stated that ‘the Competent Authority has desired to stop the salaries and allowances of Information Officers (BPS-17) appointed on contract basis in the year 2012’.
Secretary Information requested the Accountant General Sindh to stop the salaries and allowances of Information Officers till the time their cases are referred to Sindh Public Service Commission for assessing their suitability as admissible under the law.
The names of Information Officers are as under:
Abdul Qayoom Solangi s/o Faiz Muhammad Solangi; Amanullah Channa s/o Allah Dino Channa; Kamran Ahmed s/o Haji Muhammad Phulpoto; Shakeel Ahmed s/o Nisar Ahmed; Ullab Ali s/o Abid Ali; Abbas Ali Shah s/o Noor Hussain Shah; Raheem Bux s/o Abdul Karim Brohi; Sher Muhammad s/o Haji Ahmed Khan Jamali; Sabir Rasheed s/o Abdul Rasheed; Saifullah Behan s/o Naimatullah Behan; Irfan Ali s/o Ahmed Ali Pathan; Keenjhar Fayaz w/o Fayaz Ali Abbasi; Sarfaraz Samo s/o Muhammad Samo; Imdad Ali s/o Faiz Muhammad Mehar; Javed Hussain s/o Hoat Khan Mehar; Mairaj Ahmed s/o Siraj Ahmed Samtio; Asif Ali Dero s/o Ashraf Ali Dero; Zubair Memon s/o Abdul Rahim Memon; Shoaib Ahmed Jamali s/o Bashir Ahmed; Nawaz Ali Ilyas Danish s/o Bisharat Ali Memon; Ghulam Mustafa Shah s/o Syed Khair Shah; Ghulam Raza s/o Muhammad Hashim Bhatti; Abdul Wahab s/o Nazeer Ahmed Dahar; Ali Murad Pitafi s/o Haji Shafi Muhammad; Zulfiqar Ali Shoro s/o Nimro Khan Shoro; Jan Muhammad s/o Muhammad Hassan; Irfan Ali s/o Noor Muhammad Junejo; Zeeshan Ali s/o Qambar Ali Laghari; Liaquat Ali s/o Muhammad Ayub Jamali; Hina Hameed Memon d/o Abdul Hameed Memon; Shabbir Ali s/o Asghar Ali; Sabin Farooque d/o Muhammad Farooque; Mohsin Hassan s/o Zahid Hussain; Sharmeen Shafiq Khan d/o Muhammad Shafiq Khan; Ali Ahmed s/o Ghulam Muhammad; Hassan Latif s/o Zafar Iqbal; Adnan Khan s/o Muhammad Malook Jagirani and Kashif Ali Magsi s/o Israr Ahmed Magsi.
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