150,000 federal posts vacant after rightsizing

Punjab has largest share of federal employment at 46pc, but below its 53pc population share • KP’s share exceeds its population ratio with 28pc; Sindh holds 13.8pc, Balochistan 4.99pc of federal jobs ISLAMABAD: The government has estimated that around 150,000 more posts were still vacant in the Centre and its autonomous bodies, after the recent abolition of an equal number of positions by the Shehbaz Sharif cabinet, as part of an IMF-driven “rightsizing” exercise. According to the latest Annual Statistical Bulletin of Federal Government Emplo­yees for 2022-23, the federal government and its attached departments and autonomous bodies have a total sanctioned strength of more than 1.2 million (1,239,619), but its working strength stood at 947,610, leaving a vacancy of about 292,009 as of the fiscal year 2022-23.