PMC sacks 12 employees

Xischan Javed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) sacks 12 employees, according to a document dated April 20, available with the scribe.

It has informed them that their contracts expired on April 19, 2021, that was extended for 60 days as a one-time measure.

The PMC has informed the employees not to come to the office in line with the direction of the competent authority.

According to the document, the employees who have been sacked included Coordinator Information Dr. Sarah Ali, Coordinator Licensing Dr. Maria Sameer, Coordinator Examinations Dr. Asiya Zaiban Khan, Coordinator Education Dr. Farha Naz Zaidi, Coordinator Verification Section Salahuddin, Assistant IT Asfand Yar Khan, Registration Officer Mohammad Saqib as well as Abdul Manan, Adnan Rauf, Ahmed Raza, and Nasir Nisar.

According to a source, requesting not to be quoted, said four of the employees dr Sara Ali, Dr. Maria Sameer, Dr. Asiya, and Salahuddin had been assured that they would be reappointed for higher positions and the advertisement has been issued at the same time.

“It is unfortunate that on the one hand, PMC has been appointing new employees, and on the other, it is terminating services of others,” he said.

The Pakistan Medical Commission has filled its key administrative posts by hiring people from different backgrounds. They include retired military officers on pay and fringe benefits far more than what was offered by the erstwhile PMDC to its employees, raising questions about its functioning during tough economic conditions.

According to the source, employees have been hired on high pay scales before advertising any position namely Syed Raza Ali Shah Member IT 10 Lac per month, Legal member Nadia nabi 9 lac per month, Dr.Syed Moin Ali Member Education and Evaluation 10 lac per month, Abdul Majid Alvi Member Finance Rs.750,000/- per month, Dr.Qazi Tahir Uddin Member Examination Rs.650,000/- per month, Dr.Brig.Nasir Rafiq Ahmed Member Licensing Rs.650,000/- per month, Secretary Dr.Shaista Zeeshan 4 lac all these are enjoying their salaries including corolla cars and 300-liter petrol, driver, unlimited phone, laptops, etc that equals to pay and perks of a high court judge.

Although where PMC has always highlighted PMDC employees to be highly paid (despite that the highest-paid was below 6 lac with 45 years of experience in PM&DC). PMC has cut down almost half of the salary of the 220 employees of PM&DC. PMC has also stopped paying pensions to dozens of retired employees and their widows in a clear violation of human rights.

The director admin whoever meets him and complains about anything weather outsider of employee he always uses the name of the ISI and tells proudly that he is from the agency.

PMC has hired 70 more employees in a very short period despite having 220 employees of PMDC already. Work that one officer of PMDC uses to carry out is being done by appointing ten people on astronomical salaries.

The nepotism and violation of rules can be seen as the secretary assumed the charge before the position was advertised more over the required experience of secretary to be appointed under the law was 15 years, however, the Secretary was appointed with less than almost 6 years of experience, in violation of rules.

Profiles of most of these do not fulfill the advertised criteria no idea when were the interviews held who held the shortlisting and after the orders of the Sindh high court regarding council members where the standing of these employees falls.

The PMC has always accused the PMDC staff that previously in erstwhile PM&DC, the salary and pay structure of the employees was not standardized and the salary range was not defined for any cadre due to which there was a huge discrepancy in the salary of different cadres resulting in irrational salary structure.

In contrary to this the PMC has hired people on a high scale who are new to the organization and PMC has offered them high salaries only one even covers the salary of 3-4 officers of PMDC.

Now the PMC is issuing contract letters to the regular employees of PM&DC and changed their cadres. All PMDC employees who so ever working for 45,20 or 5 years, all previous services and benefits of regular employees have been finished/ terminated. The employees of the erstwhile PM&DC have gone to Court to safeguard their rights against this unjust.