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PESHAWAR, Nov 05 (APP):A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Legislation was held at the Planning and Development (P&D) Department, chaired by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Aftab Alam Advocate.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Meena Khan, along with senior officials from the Planning and Development Department.
The meeting discussed in detail matters related to the regularization of employees from the merged districts and the inclusion of the Provincial Planning Services (PPS) Cadre in Schedule-I. A working paper was presented regarding the regularization status of employees from the erstwhile FATA who were regularized under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Regularization of Services of Employees of Erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas Act, 2021.
According to the working paper, 15 project employees of the P&D Department, totaling 226 individuals have been regularized. Among them, 44 officers (BS-17 and above) are recommended for inclusion in the PPS Cadre, while 182 employees (BS-16 and below) are proposed to be included in the ministerial staff pool.
The committee also reviewed matters pertaining to the inclusion of the PPS Cadre in Schedule-I and the regularization of ministerial staff. Following approval from the departments concerned, the matter is being placed before the Cabinet Committee on Legislation to ensure compliance with the directives of the Peshawar High Court.
The committee will thoroughly examine the recommendations submitted by the P&D Department regarding the inclusion of cadre posts from 15 regularized projects, including the Directorate of Projects and the Directorate of Monitoring and Evaluation in the erstwhile FATA Secretariat into Schedule-I. The committee’s final recommendations will be submitted to the provincial cabinet for approval in its upcoming meeting.
This development marks a significant step by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa toward strengthening the PPS cadre and integrating employees from the merged districts into the provincial development institutions.