ISLAMABAD:
The courts interference in the prime ministers plans to appoint his men as chiefs of key departments in the capital may undermine the PPPs election strategy to sweep the next general election from Islamabad.
The prime minister had appointed Atif Mehmood Kayani, as Director General (DG) Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), and businessman Faisal Sakhi Butt, as chairman of Prime Ministers Task Force on CDA, to grab the two national assembly seats in Islamabad by giving jobs and other favours to voters.
However, the Islamabad High Courts recent decision to bar Faisal Sakhi Butt from entering CDAs offices and the annulment of Kayanis appointment as DG FDE by the Supreme Court has dealt severe blows to the election strategy of the PPP.
Despite hectic efforts, the PPP had lost NA-48 and NA-49 to the PML-N in the previous elections by a slight margin, but it will again grab these key seats in the next election, said a local PPP leader. Butt is reportedly the PPPs next candidate from Islamabad.
Kayani was sent home before he could induct some 5,000 employees in educational institutions under the FDE.
The Supreme Court last Thursday dismissed Kayani, calling him a half-literate man, unsuitable to be the chief of a key educational department.
He had already submitted a summary for inducting 400 people against vacancies and for creation of 4,400 new posts in educational institutions.
Sources said the PPP government had asked the DG to recruit people before the election to swing voters.
