Restructuring will eliminate ten secretary-level positions and reduce dozens of senior administrative posts as the Shah administration pushes ahead with governance reforms.

Civil servants describe a climate of fear, political interference and deep uncertainty as the Shah government pushes sweeping administrative reforms.

Blanket freeze on permanent appointments leaves hundreds of thousands of public service aspirants facing uncertainty.

Existing contract employees will be pooled and redeployed across government agencies while a task force reviews long-term employment terms, benefits and legal protections.

Contractual staff fear losing their jobs after a task force proposes replacing contract support staff with a public company or outsourced service providers.

Lapsed executive orders leave constitutional appointments, university reforms and land management initiatives facing fresh challenges.

Law ministry says one-time provision to retire employees at 55 or after 30 years of service conflicts with the Constitution and existing civil service law.

Ten of 70 secretary posts are vacant, and the number is set to rise as more officials retire while the government reviews the federal bureaucracy and restructures ministries.

Parties have become suspicious after the RSP convention floated proposals ranging from restructuring provinces to scrapping provincial assemblies.

Proposed amendments would let judges replace prison terms with house arrest, widen parole and community service options, and expand use of open prisons under tighter supervision rules.

The party, despite leading the government with a near two-thirds majority in the House, has no representation in the Assembly.

The draft Federal Civil Service Bill proposes reducing internal promotion quotas to expand open competition, while introducing compulsory retirement for employees aged 55 or those who have completed 30 years of service.

Only one regular bill has been registered in the federal legislature since the formation of the current government, apart from the budget and ordinance-replacement bills.

A proposed amendment to the draft Federal Civil Service Bill has set retirement at 30 years of service or 55 years of age.

The Commission recommends reducing the size of the House of Representatives, National Assembly and provincial assemblies, and granting itself constitutional authority to set election dates.