Acting on the orders of Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has reversed the promotions of 240 persons that had previously been identified as high-performing employees, a local news outlet reported on Sunday.
The original office order for the promotion had been first issued on January 25, but had been cancelled merely four days later. The promotion order included salary fixations and increments for the selected employees, and was to take effect from July 1, 2021.
The interior minister, while talking to a local news outlet, said that it was ‘inappropriate’ for the chairman to take such a decision towards the end of his three-year term expiring on Feb 8, which is why the orders has been canceled.
Replying to a follow up question, the minster said that the next chairman of NADRA would be selected on merit. He said that the senior most officer of the authority would get acting charge of the post during the process for selection of the new chairman.
Rasheed explained that an advertisement for the post would soon be published and once the formalities of the procedure are completed, three names would be sent to the federal cabinet for their final decision.
According to Section 3(7) of the Nadra Ordinance: “Chairman shall be an eminent professional of known integrity and competence with substantial experience in the field of computer science, engineering, statistics, demography, law, business, management, finance, accounting, economics, civil or military administration, or the field of registration.”
Earlier this week, Rasheed had expressed satisfaction on law and order situation in Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP), including merged tribal districts.
The interior minister had expressed these views during a high level meeting on law and order situation in the province jointly presided over by KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad.
KP Chief Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Sanaullah Abbasi, the interior secretary and other senior officials had attended the meeting.
Rasheed had come to Peshawar on a one-day visit to review the overall law and order situation in the province and merged tribal districts.
