The office order was issued on January 25 which cancelled four days later, stated:
NADRA Cancels 240 Promotions on Sheikh Rashid’s Direction
According to the interior minister, it was ‘inappropriate’ for the chairman to take such a decision towards the end of his three-year term. It is worth mentioning here that the current chairman of NADRA will retire on Feb 8. Just before the retirement, such a decision put a question mark on his working. Maybe he has done this on favouritism basis. On the other hand, some senior spokespersons from NADRA said the outgoing chairman had tried to convince the minister that 240 promotions were under a decision of performance-based benefits to the workforce. Anyhow, the timing had made the decision ‘controversial’. Check Also: How to Renew your Expired CNIC through NADRA’s Online Service? Anyways, the next chairman of NADRA will be appointed through a merit-based process. According to the ministry, the senior-most officer of the authority would get acting charge of the post during the process for selection of the new chairman. The minister referred to Section 3(7) of the NADRA Ordinance which reads, Source: Dawn News
