CP bans appointments in govt
departments ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission
of Pakistan (ECP) has banned all kinds
of recruitments in government
departments with immediate effect. The order implies any department or
institution of any federal, provincial
and local governments to cease all
kinds of inductions forthwith except recruitments by the federal or a
provincial Public Service
Commissions. The ECP has announced the ban in
exercise of the powers conferred
upon it under Articles 218(3) and 220
of the Constitution, Article 6 of the
Election Commission Order 2002,
section 103 (c) and 104 of the Representation of the People Act,
1976 and all other powers enabling it
in that behalf. Diversion of funds already allocated to
various development projects in the
country has also been banned and the
spending of funds so diverted shall
stand frozen forthwith. Dated: 2013-01-22 http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/
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