The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to a resolution presented by the Prime Minister to grant approval to fill 8,547 vacancies in various departments and institutions.

Cabinet approval was granted last year (2024) to appoint a committee of officials headed by the Secretary to the Premier to take necessary actions to the quantities of recruitments to be made essentially after identifying requirements, priorities and time frames by reviewing the process of recruitment to the government service. 

According to the Cabinet Press briefing, considering the requests forwarded to the said committee for filling the vacancies in the posts existing in departments and other institutions under the respective ministries – as per the recommendations made at the committee meeting held on 2 October – the Cabinet granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Prime Minister to grant approval to the relevant departments and institutions under various Ministries to fill the vacancies in them.