Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has recently announced a six-month paid internship for fresh graduates in different departments. As per the sources, this internship will begin in June 2024. In addition, a CDA official stated that successful candidates selected for the internship would get a monthly stipend of around Rs. 40,000 during their internship period. It is pertinent to mention that the ideal candidate must have a bachelor’s degree from a government-recognized institute.
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In addition, CDA clarified that they only accept e-applications instead of in-person application submissions. So interested candidates can visit Webiste and fill out the application form.
It is worth mentioning that the CDA management will not accept the incomplete application form. Moreover, the CDA stated that candidate must apply for this internship online within 15 days from the ad’s publication date. Also, interns will not be able to have TA/DA.
About the selection procedure, a CDA official stated that “The applicants with consistently excellent academic records will be shortlisted and percentage marks obtained in SSC, HSSC and bachelor or equivalent will be given corresponding weightage from 30 marks each out of a total of 90 marks while 10 marks to be allocated for interview.”
Additionally, CDA will share the names of shortlisted candidates on their official website along with detailed guidelines. The interns can also request the termination of the internship on 15 days’ notice in written form. However, they cannot get an internship completion certificate in this case.
The CDA official further added, “The internship is neither an offer of appointment nor its period extendable and will not confer any right of employment/regularization.” Also, he said, “The interns will only be entitled to a lump-sum stipend mentioned above and will be governed by the rules of the CDA with regard to disciplinary matters and confidentiality,”
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