A special meeting of the Board of Governors of Cadet College Petaro was held at the Chief Minister's House, led by President Asif Ali Zardari. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was also present and thanked President Zardari for holding the meeting. "It’s a privilege for us to host a meeting of this prestigious institution," said the Chief Minister. The meeting was attended by MPA Dr. Sikandar Ali Shoro, Chief Secretary Asif Haider Shah, Principal Secretary Agha Wasif, Secretary Abdul Rahim Sheikh, and Finance Secretary Fayyaz Ahmed Jatoi. Other participants included Chairman Board of Governors and Commander Karachi Vice Admiral Muhammad Faisal Abbasi, Secretary to the President Muhammad Shakeel Malik, Commodore Rashid Nazir, Captain Abdul Ghaffar, Air Commodore Atir Amir, and several others. President Zardari welcomed everyone, saying, "Cadet College Petaro is my alma mater. I studied here, and it’s very close to my heart. I want to contribute to its growth....
The Ministry of Finance has started issuing instructions to the Secretary Establishment Division to all Ministries, Divisions and Government Departments.
Due to the Right Sizing Agreement with the World Bank, the Federal Government has started the process of eliminating thousands of vacancies from one to 16 grades have done. The Ministry of Finance directed the Secretary Establishment Division to take action as per the decision of the Cabinet Implementation Committee to fill the vacancies of Grade One to 16 in all Ministries, Divisions and Government Departments for more than a year. According to the report, the decision is part of the government's commitment to restructuring and sizing the federal government with international lenders, including the World Bank, in order to control the costs to the civilian government. Imran Khan and the World Bank want the government machinery to be in the right size and smart to keep unnecessary spending in check. At present, 680,000 vacancies have been sanctioned in the federal government, but more than 80,000 of them have been vacant for more than a year. In a lett...