Daily Times

KARACHI: Following the directives of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Laeeq Ahmed, the Human Resources Management Department issued one-year extension order for about 500 contractual employees in KMC.

These employees were posted in various departments and the order has been issued after receiving this certificate from the concerned head of the department that these employees were doing their duty satisfactorily, besides such staff also appeared before the physical verification committee to get extension in their contract. The extension in the contractual agreement was made from the date when their previous contract expired.

The KMC administrator has said that despite of facing financial crisis in KMC, the step of giving extension to contractual employees has been taken on humanitarian grounds and to save the citizens from unemployment.

The contractual employees and their families expressed pleasure on this decision of KMC administrator and they thanked him for saving them from financial hardship in the holy month of Ramadan and the upcoming occasion of Eid.