By IRNS,
Islamabad : A Pakistani provincial government has dismissed nearly 30 government officers and other employees on suspicion of links with militants, official sources said here Friday.
The Education Department in the insurgency-hit North West Frontier Province (NWFP) sacked the government employees after investigated their links with the Taliban militants, they said.
The Provincial Home Department, after a probe to trace links with militants of the government employees, had recommended to the government to remove 29 employees of the education department.
Inquiry is underway against 68 more government employees for their links with the Taliban, sources said.
The dismissed employees belonged to Malakand area, where the security forces are engaged in operations against the militants, sources said.
A government notification said that the sacked employees were involved in ‘anti-state activities’, a charge referred to their association with the militants.
The sacked employees have the right of appeal at the courts.