Mastung DC cancels 400 unverified domiciles of federal govt employees.

ISLAMABAD -- In an unprecedented move, Deputy Commissioner Mastung, Balochistan, Mehboob Ahmed, has cancelled unverified local domicile certificates of federal government employees (400 in number) allegedly hailing from Mastung district, who have got jobs in federal government departments against the posts of Balochistan quota.

According to details, the domiciles of these federal government employees were cancelled on June 26, 2020 after they didnt appear in the DC office, Mastung, for verification, despite repeated attempts were made including sending of notices on their residences, forwarding of letters to their respective departments seeking their assistance to notify them on the relevant subject and media advertisements during the last about one year.

In this regard, the DC office issued a notification (No. 1605-15LCBDC2020, dated June 26, 2020) and forwarded it to the government of Balochistan for further necessary action.

During all this process and period, 344 out of 744 employees approached the Mastung DC office for the purpose of verification of their domicile certificates, and a special verification committee will scrutinise the authenticity and veracity of those submitted 344 documents. Domiciles of rest of the employees (400 in number) who have not approached the DC office for verification were deemed as non-verified hence were notified cancelled, read the notification of Balochistan government and is available with The Nation.

'Inquiry and cancellation of fake domiciles local certificate has been a longstanding demand of political parties and civil society in Balochistan. The province has been systematically deprived of its due job share in national institutions and professional services,' said Sana Ullah Baloch, Member Balochistan Assembly and central leader of Balochistan National Party (M) while talking to this correspondent by phone.

The move was initiated after the Sindh government earlier this month constituted a high-powered committee to probe the issuance of allegedly fraudulent domiciles to non-residents of the province. The committee is due to submit its report in 30 days.

'All officials will be terminated if their domiciles are found bogus,' Sindh Information Minister Nasir Shah has recently told reporters. The decision came following a barrage of complaints surfaced on social media against the issuance of fake domiciles to non-residents of the province.

'As per the federal government job distribution formula...