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Hindus, Christians being given lowest of low jobs in Pak govt. departments | Following the Pakistan Government's announcement to give five percent job reservation to minorities in all government departments, it has been revealed that Hindus and Christians continue to face discrimination in government departments, as they are mostly being allotted
low-level jobs such as that of a sweeper. According to a recent postings list
of the finance department, all 21 positions for sweepers (BPS-01) have been allotted
to Christians and Hindus, while not a single member of the minority groups was
posted against other BPS-01 job openings, such as that of Chowkidar or
Naib-Qasid.
This policy of the government department of posting minorities at jobs that are
viewed as the lowest of the low has disappointed Christians and Hindus. "My
intermediate
degree is good for nothing. When I came to know about the job quota, I was very
happy and immediately applied for the position of a clerk, but I was devastated
when I was given the post of a sweeper," The News quoted a 25-year-old sweeper
as saying. "Previously, I was respectfully working for a courier company. I earned
Rs9,000 per month. I had applied for the government post only for its benefits.
Now, however, my confidence and the aims that I had in life have been shattered,"
he added. Meanwhile, Minority Affairs Minister Mohan Lal seemed indifferent about
the matter. "Only minorities are employed as sweepers because no Muslim is willing
to work at this post. Even though our people dislike the job, they take it up
so that they can feed their families at the end of the day," he said. Also, no
Sikh has been employed at any of the reserved quota jobs for minorities, thus
highlighting the fact that people belonging to all religious backgrounds are not
being accommodated. "No doubt we are less in number than the other minorities
groups, but there are several people in our community who are unemployed. Sadly,
the government chose to ignore us," Sikh Naujawan Sabha Chairperson Sardar
Ramesh
Singh said in frustration. |
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