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The back door to a government job
In Pakistan, a permanent government job is a prized possession, without any performance pressure
The writer is a public policy expert and an honorary Fellow of Consortium for Development Policy Research. He tweets @hasaankhawar
On March 14, 2005, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) placed an advertisement, seeking applications for a few positions on a two-year contract, extendable for another three years. After due process, recruitment was completed. The advertisement and the job offer both explicitly stated that these were contractual positions and not permanent, meaning that these jobs would be terminated in a maximum of five years.