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They also demanded 25pc increase in their salaries.
Officials of the capital administration and police said the protest was concluded after a delegation of protesters met with the Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan who assured them that the authority will not be privatised and there will be no downsizing. The decision over an increase in salary will be taken up in the upcoming cabinet meeting, he informed the delegation.
During the protest, an official from Wapda, identified as Riaz Khan, native of Rawalakot, suffered a cardiac arrest, officials of the capital administration and police said, adding he was shifted to Poly Clinic where he passed away.
Private testing agencies
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Taking notice of complaints against private testing agencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Tuesday constituted a cabinet committee to look into the issue.
Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash told a briefing that the chief minister ordered the formation of the committee while chairing a meeting of the provincial cabinet.
Kamran Bangash said the committee on private testing agencies would comprise cabinet members Shahram Khan Tarakai, Mian Khaliq-ur-Rahman, Taimur Jhagra, Wazir Zada, Riaz Khan and himself.
Besides recommending a regulatory mechanism for private testing agencies, the committee would submit proposals for strengthening ETEA and KP Public Service Commission. It would submit a report within two weeks, he added.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Tuesday tasked a ministerial committee with examining the testing and recruitment regime for the provincial government’s jobs within two weeks over the growing complaints of irregularities by testing agencies.
The committee comprises elementary and secondary education minister Shahram Khan Tarakai, finance minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra, adviser to the chief minister on food Mian Khaleequr Rehman, special assistant to the chief minister on minorities Wazirzada and special assistant on communication and works Riaz Khan.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, who chaired the cabinet’s meeting, directed the committee to produce recommendations after two weeks.
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