Devolved PTDC back to center: Qadir Mandokhel
Devolved PTDC back to center: Qadir Mandokhel
Islamabad: Chairman Special Committee on Affected Employees of federal government and PPP lawmaker Qadir Mandokhel on Tuesday suggested introducing legislation aimed at bringing back the devolved Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) under the federal government control.
Mandokhel suggested this in view of the issues facing employees of the corporation placed in the surplus pool. He criticized the provincial governments for not accommodating the employees of the devolved PTDC despite taking over its assets worth billions of rupees.
He even talked about giving PTDC back under the federal government control through legislation, if the provinces did not take the responsibility of its employees.
The PTDC was devolved to the provinces under the 18th Amendment. As a result all the scenic spots all over the country were transferred to the respective provinces.
However, the provinces have declined to accommodate the employees, and the bulk of them have been placed in the surplus pool.
The committee has issued notices to different ministries and departments in this regard, while the special assistant to the Prime Minister Aoun Chuadhry has been requested to attend the Special Committee on Affected Employees to help resolve issues being faced by the former employees of PTDC.
Responding to the concerns of one of the members of the committee Aliya Kamran, he said the 15th meeting had already issued directives to different departments related to service matters and if needed they would be protected by legislation.
Mr Mandokhel said that a committee known as “Khursheed Shah Committee” was constituted in 2012 by the federal cabinet to look into the service matters of sacked employees while the Special Committee on Affected Employees has been constituted by the speaker National Assembly which had more powers then the previous one.
The committee issued notices to all ministries asking them to apprise the committee about the issues faced by them to settle the issue of regularization of contractual and daily wage employees.
