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Pakistan to make civil service more responsive: PM
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ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that a reform process has been initiated in the Pakistan's civil services to make these more responsive to the present day challenges and realities. He was talking to British Minister for Cabinet Office Francis Maude and Paymaster General who called on him here at the Prime Minister’s House. The prime minister said that he was personally supervising the deliberations being done on civil service reforms whose structure, norms and practices were largely a continuation of the ones introduced by the British in the subcontinent. A statement from the Prime Minister’s House said that the prime minister expressed satisfaction on the overall upward trajectory of Pakistan-UK bilateral cooperation and said that frequent high-level exchanges and regular consultations between the two countries are a hallmark of this relationship. The prime minister said that bilateral relations between Pakistan and UK were based on sound footing and rooted in shared history and strong diaspora linkages. Francis Maude said that people's expectations and demands from public service delivery were growing and with the help of modern technology lots of services can be put online and the size of civil service can be reduced. He said that the UK has reduced its civil service size by 21% during the last five years. The prime minister said that Pakistan has formulated the National Action Plan to effectively deal with the scourge of terrorism from the society. Francis Maude also conveyed to the prime minister best wishes of Prime Minister David Cameron. UK Ambassador to Pakistan Philip Barton was also present during the meeting.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk