{"id":65608,"date":"2025-02-16T11:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T06:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=65608"},"modified":"2025-02-16T11:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T06:46:16","slug":"sindh-cabinet-approves-5-year-age-relaxation-for-govt-job-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-cabinet-approves-5-year-age-relaxation-for-govt-job-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh Cabinet approves 5-year age relaxation for govt job applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet <\/span>took<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>decision to\u00a0<\/span>grant<\/span> a\u00a0<\/span>five-year age\u00a0<\/a><\/span>concession<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span> government job aspirants <\/span>during a meeting\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cabinet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>move<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>follows<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>abolition<\/span>\u00a0of a 15-year age\u00a0<\/span>concession<\/span>\u00a0policy for government\u00a0<\/span>employment<\/span>, and it\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>meant\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>respond<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>plight<\/span>\u00a0of those who were previously\u00a0<\/span>disqualified<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>grounds<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>age<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>session<\/span>, which\u00a0<\/span>included<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>provincial ministers, advisors, and secretaries, also\u00a0<\/span>witnessed<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>passage<\/span>\u00a0of the Universities and Boards<\/a> (Amendment) Bill 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>legislation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>earlier<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sent<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>back<\/span>\u00a0to the Sindh Assembly by Governor Sindh<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0objections\u00a0<\/span>raised<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by him on\u00a0<\/span>the appointment of\u00a0<\/span>university<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>education<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>board<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>heads<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The cabinet’s\u00a0<\/span>passing<\/span>\u00a0of the bill is\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0development, as it will\u00a0<\/span>serve<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>solve<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>problems<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>surrounding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the appointment of\u00a0<\/span>university\u00a0<\/span>heads\u00a0<\/span>and educational\u00a0<\/span>board heads<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0step<\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0likely<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0open<\/span>\u00a0doors<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0public<\/span>\u00a0sector<\/span>\u00a0employment\u00a0for<\/span>\u00a0more<\/span>\u00a0persons<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>should<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span>that the Sindh government\u00a0<\/span>previously\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Sindh Civil Servants (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit) Rules, 2024, which\u00a0<\/span>provided<\/span>\u00a0for a relaxation of the upper age limit for\u00a0<\/span>candidates applying for\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>jobs<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new <\/span>move<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>provide<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>relaxation of\u00a0<\/span>five<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>years of <\/span>age\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>extension of this policy, and it\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>benefit a\u00a0<\/span>great<\/span>\u00a0number of\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0who are\u00a0<\/span>looking<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>jobs\u00a0<\/span>in the public sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In general<\/span>, the cabinet’s\u00a0<\/span>move<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>good<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>one<\/span>\u00a0towards\u00a0<\/span>giving<\/span>\u00a0more opportunities\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Sindh people\u00a0<\/span>in the\u00a0<\/span>government<\/span>\u00a0sector, and it\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>surely<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have a\u00a0<\/span>great<\/span>\u00a0impact on\u00a0<\/span>Sindh’s<\/span>\u00a0job market<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet took\u00a0an\u00a0important\u00a0decision to\u00a0grant a\u00a0five-year age\u00a0concession\u00a0to government job aspirants during a meeting\u00a0with\u00a0Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The cabinet\u00a0move\u00a0follows\u00a0the\u00a0previous\u00a0abolition\u00a0of a 15-year age\u00a0concession\u00a0policy for government\u00a0employment, and it\u00a0is\u00a0meant\u00a0to\u00a0respond\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0plight\u00a0of those who were previously\u00a0disqualified\u00a0on\u00a0grounds\u00a0of\u00a0age. The\u00a0session, which\u00a0included\u00a0provincial ministers, advisors, and secretaries, also\u00a0witnessed\u00a0the\u00a0passage\u00a0of the Universities and Boards (Amendment) Bill 2025. This\u00a0legislation\u00a0was\u00a0earlier\u00a0sent\u00a0back\u00a0to the Sindh Assembly by Governor Sindh\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0objections\u00a0raised\u00a0by him on\u00a0the appointment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":65609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13195,26563,26564],"class_list":["post-65608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-chief-minister-murad-ali-shah","tag-five-year-age-concession","tag-govt-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65608","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=65608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65610,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65608\/revisions\/65610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}