Altaf Hamid Rao,
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu Kashmir Cabinet Tuesday took important decisions in wider interests of the state population.
The AJK Cabinet met at Jammu Kashmir House in the federal metropolis with Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan in the Chair, rolled back the recent increase in flour prices and decided to maintain the old prices.
During the meeting, it was agreed in principle to regularize 2632 ad-hoc contract employes.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan in his video message to the public said that despite facing a financial crisis, the government has taken a major decision to retain the old price of flour to provide relief to common masses.
Similarly, he said that ad hoc employees in Azad Jammu Kashmir have since long been in the grip of persistent uncertainty. The cabinet, he said, has now decided to make 2632 ad hoc employees permanent.
” Gazetted and non-gazetted employees with 40 years of age and 10 years of experience are being made permanent”, the PM said adding that those who were recruited through the selection board and have 5 years of service were also being made permanent.
The PM further stated that the government would soon devise a policy regarding other ad hoc employees.
He said that the recent hike in flour prices was being rolled back by the government. “In Azad Kashmir, flour is being provided at a lower price than Punjab and KPK”, he said.