LARKANA: The Finance Department, Government of Sindh has agreed to apply 4-tier formula for doctors and up-gradation/down-gradation of the posts of general cadre, dental surgeons and education service doctors in Health Department with immediate effect. The summary has been sent by Health Department on July 5, 2017 for up gradation of posts of doctors under 4-tier formula in Health Department and now Finance Department has issued a notification on July 10. In general cadre, 2,094 posts of BPS-17 doctors will be up-graded and under 4-tier formula out of these as many as 943 posts will be up-graded to BPS-18, 1,100 posts to BPS-19 and 51 posts to BPS-20. In dental surgery cadre, 42 posts of BPS-17 will be up-graded which includes 33 posts of BPS-18 and nine posts of BPS-19. In Education Services, 16 posts of BPS-17 will be up-graded to BPS-18 out of which 10 posts of BPS-20 will be down-graded including five posts each in BPS-18 and BPS-19. The specific categorisation of posts to be up-graded/down-graded will be indicated in the financial sanction and audit copy of the monetary sanction will have to be submitted to the Section Officer (B&E-V) of Finance Department for authentication, the notification added, which has been issued with the approval of Chief Minister Sindh. Published in Daily Times, July 12th , 2017.