The Balochistan government is launching a significant hiring initiative to fill over 29,000 vacant government positions, with Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti vowing to ensure all appointments are made transparently and strictly on merit.
Announcing the move on Wednesday via the social media platform ‘X’, the chief minister confirmed that advertisements for more than 25,000 government vacancies, from Grade 1 to Grade 15, have already been published in newspapers.
He stated that the objective of these measures is to create employment opportunities for the province”s youth and to reinforce the principles of good governance. ‘We are standing by our promise and will not allow any job of the people of Balochistan to be sold,’ Bugti declared.
In addition to the junior-level posts, a formal request for filling 4,000 vacant Grade 16 and Grade 17 positions has been forwarded to the Balochistan Public Service Commission to guarantee a fair and constitutional selection process.
To enhance transparency, the chief minister clarified that an online testing system, similar to the one utilised by the Finance Department, will be introduced for filling openings in other departments to ensure selections are based purely on merit.
For candidates who have already completed the test and interview stages in various departments, Bugti assured that appointment orders would be issued as soon as possible to prevent further delays.
‘Transparent and merit-based recruitments are the foundation of good governance, and the provincial government will not compromise on that principle,’ he asserted, adding that the administration would not permit anyone to play with the future of the youth and that every eligible candidate would be given their right.