CM for ensuring merit on contract posts in education Dept

Staff Report QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has directed the Education Department to ensure 100% merit-based recruitment for contract posts for betterment of knowledge. The CM has issued orders for recruitment on 100 percent merit in his constituency as well and said that if any individual, including political opponents, meets the merit then the appointment should be ensured. He also instructed Deputy Commissioner Dera Bugti Zohaib-ul-Haq over the phone and said that there should be 100 percent merit, there would be no compromise on merit. FIRs should be registered against candidates with bogus degrees. There is no like or dislike, but only merit will work, even if opponents are appointed, he said. Zohaib-ul-Haq assured the CM and to ensure merit at the every level. He said that the concerned District Education Officer would perform his duties with full responsibility for verifying fake degrees and if any degree is found to be fake, action will be taken against them. Bugti stated that not even 99% merit would be acceptable, as there was no like or dislike, but only merit, which would be followed even if opponents were appointed. Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the successful operation of the security forces in Sambaza area of Zhob district. He said that the security forces carried out a successful operation against Khawarij and fifteen of them killed and recovered a large amount of arms and ammunition from their hideout. The CM also paid tribute to the brave security force personnel Arif-ur-Rehman who sacrificed his life during the operation and the successful operations of the security forces to restore durable peace in the area. “The entire nation stands by the security forces for the establishment of lasting peace”, he said. He said that the operations against Khawarij would be continued until complete durable restoration of peace in the province.