ISLAMABAD: The government has approved the bifurcation of a 3 per cent and 1 per cent job quota for erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), respectively in the federal services in accordance with the proportionate population figures of the 2017 census. However, residents of ex-FATA and GB shall continue to avail the quota in the provincial services of KP. According to the 2017 census, the population of ex-FATA was 5,001,667 (77 per cent) and the population of GB was 1,492,924 (23 per cent). Subsequently, the committee prepared a report and the Establishment Division moved the proposal for the bifurcation of the 4 per cent quota before the federal cabinet for approval. The Establishment Division further proposed that another option could be that FATA and GB may be allocated their respective share in 4 per cent combined quota in accordance with the population census of 1972 which was 3.42 and 0.58 respectively.

Source: Pakistan Today January 26, 2020 17:37 UTC