Customs
to face gigantic task of filling the vacancies, as 10 persons per day on
average are retiring during this fiscal year
KARACHI: The Pakistan Custom is going to face an uphill task
with a view to continue its working, as the department would face a severe
shortage of staff during the current fiscal year 2015-16.
The Pakistan Customs would lose as many as 6,000 out of 23,000
staff members, as they have reached their retirement age of 60 years. On the
other hand, the department has not made new appointments to fill the vacancies
on which the staff had passed away or retired.
Sources said that if steps were not taken without wasting a
single minute, there will be chaos at the Customs Department, and the situation
would only provide relaxation to smugglers, causing a heavy loss to the
national exchequer.
It may also be mentioned here that promotions have also not been
made in grades 1 to 16 since decades, and many have died or retired waiting for
their promotions, while many more are likely to follow the suit.
According to available statistics, 10 persons per day is an
average of retirement in the Customs Department, while a ban has been imposed
on appointments in the department for almost three decades.
Despite the fact that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has
delegated the powers of transfers of grade 1 to grade 16 employees, it is
ironic that senior officers have kept these powers into the cold storage, while
their subordinates continue to suffer.
On one hand, a large number of persons have either retired or
are on the verge of retirement, but no step was seen for strengthening the
department by filling the gap.
On the other hand, the customs staff members in grade 1 to grade
16 are feeling dejected, and are angry over the bias attitude of the
government, which allowed regular promotions to the officers of grade 17 and
above, while most of the grade 1 to grade 16 employees are retiring in the same
grade in which they were appointed.
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