{"id":64536,"date":"2025-02-04T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=64536"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:23:09","slug":"kp-govt-abolishes-son-quota-system-for-government-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-govt-abolishes-son-quota-system-for-government-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"KP govt abolishes son quota system for government employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has abolished\u00a0<\/span>the son quota system<\/a> for government employees<\/span>.<\/span> Under this new amendment c<\/span>hildren of deceased or incapacitated employees will\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>no longer\u00a0<\/span>automatically\u00a0<\/span>get<\/span>\u00a0jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

This change is part of an amendment to the rules for recruitment, promotion, and transfers of employees in the province, where Clause 4 of Rule 10 has been completely removed and Clause 2 has been partially abolished.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>These clauses\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>used<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>previously<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>recruit<\/span>\u00a0children of employees who had passed away or were\u00a0<\/span>declared<\/span>\u00a0unfit for work, but now the\u00a0<\/span>recruitment<\/span>\u00a0will be\u00a0<\/span>strictly<\/span>\u00a0merit-based<\/span>.
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However, this move is not isolated,\u00a0 earlier the Punjab government<\/a> made similar changes by abolishing rule 17-A of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, which means children of deceased Punjab government employees are no longer entitled to jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, the Supreme Court <\/a><\/span>declared<\/span> job quotas for children of government employees <\/span>unconstitutional and\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span> the principle of merit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>verdict<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>effectively\u00a0<\/span>struck down policies\u00a0<\/span>connected<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>job quotas for children of government workers in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,<\/span>\u00a0and Balochistan<\/span>–<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>conviction being\u00a0<\/span>that equal\u00a0<\/span>opportunities<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ensured<\/span>\u00a0by the Constitution.<\/p>\n

<\/span>This decision by\u00a0<\/span>the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>abolish<\/span>\u00a0the son quota system is a step towards a more merit-based recruitment process, which\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>lead to a more competitive and fair job market.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is part of a larger shift in the civil service policy of the province<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to prioritize merit and qualifications over family connections or other factors. Overall, this\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>seems<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>moved<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the game\u00a0<\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span>leveling<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aspirants<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>jobs <\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has abolished\u00a0the son quota system for government employees. Under this new amendment children of deceased or incapacitated employees will\u00a0now\u00a0no longer\u00a0automatically\u00a0get\u00a0jobs. This change is part of an amendment to the rules for recruitment, promotion, and transfers of employees in the province, where Clause 4 of Rule 10 has been completely removed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1200,12480,26295,26294],"class_list":["post-64536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-supreme-court","tag-kp-govt","tag-kp-govt-abolishes-son-quota-system","tag-son-quota-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64537,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536\/revisions\/64537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}