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farasat_ali · #2 Saturday, March 19, 2011

Addressing the protest, Rai Manzoor Nasir demanded the registration of cases against additional chief secretary and DSP police under criminal sections for illegally detaining two section officers. They also chanted slogans against the District Management Group (DMG) officers and declared their postings in the provincial administration illegal and unconstitutional. Nasir said the Punjab chief minister constituted a committee last year to address the grievances of PMS officers. The committee held several meetings but the grievances were not addressed, he said. He announced that from Saturday (today) the PMS and Secretariat Employees Association would observe strike till removal of DMG officers from the province.
“The District Management Group (DMG) has been usurping the posts of the provincial officers on the basis of unconstitutional IPCC formula. The DMG has manoeuvered posting under a formula which is not notified and is not covered by any law. Under this illegal formula, a total of 800 DMG officers are usurping 65 percent posts of grade 21 in the provinces while more than 4,000 provincial officers have been given only 25 percent posts. Out of 43 posts of provincial secretaries 40 are under the occupation of the DMG officers. Out of 9 posts of commissioners, 8 are from DMG,” PCSA officers said in a statement
They said the association president has decided that no officer will get bail and the remaining officers will court arrests on Saturday. Officers from all over the province will gather in Lahore to lodge protest and court arrests.
No FIR was registered against the arrested officials till the filing of this report as police was waiting for direction from the Punjab chief secretary to proceed against the held officials.