KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday said they would investigate the news that as many as 48 members of one family had been employed in the Sindh Health Ministry.
The sheer number of appointments, many of them in the same hospital, has led the Supreme Court to schedule a hearing into the matter on Wednesday.
The matter surfaced when a man filed a petition complaining that the department had recruited some 48 cousins in the Ghotki District.
“Since 2008 till recently more than four dozen members of Chadhar family have been appointed by the authorities,” said complainant Farman Ali Pitafi, a Health Department employee. He added that many family members were appointed to subordinate positions, from vaccinators to security guards to lab technicians, but were quickly promoted.
Sindh Health Minister Sikandar Ali Mandhro said he was ignorant of the matter, but would look into it.
