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HYDERABAD, Feb 27: Sindh Accountant-General Zulfiqar Ali Qadri has said that tens of thousands of government servants will be benefited after the introduction of computerised system in accounts offices and the record of their salaries, G.P. Funds and pensions would remain safe.
He was talking to media after the inauguration of computerised system of accounts at the Matiari accounts office on Wednesday.
He said that after the record of accounts offices of Matiari, Tando Mohammad Khan, Sanghar and Mithi is computerised, the number of computerised accounts offices in Sindh would rise to eleven.
He said the computerisation of record of 18 districts will be completed by March 31, the next month.
Matiari DCO Dr Mohammad Usman Chachar and other senior officers of the district were present on the occasion.
He said the record of all the accounts offices of the province would be computerised during the current year. He said thereafter, all the problems faced by civil servants with regards to their salary bills, G.P. Funds and pensions would be resolved.
He said following the riots of December 27, the repair of those accounts offices which were damaged, had been started after a detailed survey and added that the day-to-day work was being conducted at alternative places.
When the account-general reached Matiari, 241 grade-1 employees of the education department staged a protest demonstration against the non-payment of their salaries for the last eight months.
The account-general made inquiries from the DCO and met a delegation of the employees.
The delegation complained that their colleagues, who were appointed in Tando Allahyar, Tando Mohammad Khan, Hyderabad and other districts as peons, watchmen and messengers were being paid their salaries but the employees of Matiari district were being meted out a step-motherly treatment.
He directed the district accounts officer to pay their salaries immediately.
EXAM: The controller of examinations of University of Sindh has announced that the viva voce examination of all subjects of MA final external candidates would be held on March 3 at 2pm at Pakistan Study Centre and Far East and South East Asia Study Centre Jamshoro.
Candidates who appeared under annual examination 2007 in final year examination of MA English, Sindhi, Urdu, Muslim History, International Relations, Sociology, Islamic Culture, Political Science and Economics have been advised to appear for the examination.
STUDENTS’ VISIT: The students of first batch of department of anthropology and archaeology of Sindh University paid a study visit to Institute of Sindhology on Wednesday.
The students visited all sections of the research library and its preservation and documentation sections, museum, picture galleries of prominent personalities. The students also visited the music library, audio visual section, microfilming section and administration block of Sindhology.
Higher Education Commission professor Dr Hidayat Prem on this occasion delivered a lecture on calligraphy.
VC RETURNS: The vice-chancellor of Sindh University, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, returned on Wednesday from the UK after one week academic visit.
He visited three universities of UK, including Brunel University London, University of York and University of Glasgow.
The VC also attended a function of the Brunel University London and met faculty members of University of Sindh studying in PhD degree programme there in all three universities.
