India and Pakistan became independent together. Many systems are similar in India and Pakistan and the system is also similar to that of India. Just like the system of IS and IPS is there in India, the same is there in Pakistan too. Like India, there is competition for government jobs in Pakistan and a large number of people apply even for recruitment to very few posts. In such a situation, let us understand what are the conditions of government jobs in Pakistan?
The condition of government jobs in Pakistan can be understood from an example… Actually, in the year 2023, there was a police recruitment for 1600 posts in Pakistan. When the examination was organized for recruitment, so many people came for it that even the biggest stadium of Pakistan was filled with people and there was less space. At that time, more than 30 thousand people had applied for 1600 posts.
How many people get government jobs?
In Pakistan, like India, a large number of people apply for a recruitment. In Pakistan, maximum number of jobs are available in education, health and administration. According to the data of the year 2016, out of all the people who got jobs in Pakistan, 12.1 percent people had government jobs in the public sector, which was the highest in the world at that time. This means that a lot of public sector jobs are being made available in Pakistan. According to the report of World Population Review, 7.3 percent of the total workforce in Pakistan is in the public sector whereas in India the share of public sector is 3.8 percent.
According to the report of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, as of December 2022, there were 1,374,911 federal government employees in Pakistan. These employees include army, corporation and common employees. But there are still many vacant posts where recruitment is to be done. In the year 2019, 492,564 posts were sanctioned in Pakistan, out of which 397,487 posts were recruited and this is the situation every year.
How many types of government jobs are there?
In Pakistan, regular, contract and temporary employees are recruited by the federal government. There too, regular employees are given pension and many facilities, but this is not the case with other employees. The government of Pakistan spends Rs 3 trillion on the salaries of these government employees and Rs 1.5 trillion on pensions.
The Government of Pakistan gives 3 percent of the expenditure on the people only in the salaries of public sector employees. At the same time, here officers of higher positions get cash allowance, accommodation facilities, official vehicle, medical etc.
What is the unemployment rate in Pakistan?
According to the data of the year 2022, one third of the youth of Pakistan are unemployed. According to the data till February 2022, 31 percent of youth under 29 years of age are roaming unemployed. The unemployment rate in Pakistan is around 4.5 percent, but many people are doing low-productivity jobs and informal jobs.