ISLAMABAD: In a bid to secure the robust revenue collection target for the fiscal year 2018-19, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is going to recruit almost 3000 to 4000 human resource from grade 1 to 16.
Presently, the FBR and sub departments face huge human resource shortfall; one person is assisting almost three officers as supporting staff and this state of affairs hinders the departments from showcasing glowing performance regarding revenue collection.
In April this year, the Election Commission of Pakistan had imposed ban on the recruitment of new staff by various departments of the government which now has been lifted.
Sources at FBR told Customs Today that serious considerations for starting the recruitment process were underway at different quarters. In this regard, wings and departments including Customs, Inland Revenue and others have been given full liberty to initiate and complete the process in a fair and transparent manner.
“The preliminary phases of recruitment process like inviting applications from the candidates, their eligibility tests and others have already been completed last year. In this regard, a third party was hired to evaluate the capacity of the candidates in a bid to ensure transparency and rule of merit; even candidates for the slots of drivers were also given tests through Motorway Police. The findings of the tests were also shared with the concerned authorities” the source maintained.
The source said that concerned authorities were concerned over the possible impression of making recruitments on the recommendations of the previous government; therefore, they were making full efforts to ensure transparency in the recruitment of the staff and officers. In this regard, the source said that senior officers were willing to ensure fairness in the recruitments to dispel the above mentioned impression.
The source further said that the government should support the FBR in this process and all the state organs like ECP and Supreme Court should think a lot before imposing any ban on the recruitments by other state departments because lack of human resource badly affect the performance of those wings or departments.
