June 12, 2015
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PM urges civil bureaucracy to be more efficient
* Asks officers to ensure that their political biases are not reflected in their work
APPISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed on Thursday the top civil servants to increase efficiency of their departments and take Pakistan towards development and prosperity with a good team of talented officers.
Talking to the officers recently promoted to BS-22 at the PM House, the prime minister congratulated them and said it was the time to pay back to the nation, based on their three decades of experience.
He said the promotions were made purely on merit, in line with government’s policy of transparency and good governance, and said a government officer should work in the best interest of the country and nation. He asked the officers to ensure that their political biases and personal feelings should not be reflected in their working. He said the senior officers should present themselves as role models of integrity and efficiency to their subordinates.
PM Sharif said that for the first time in country’s history smaller occupational groups have also been given representation at the top level of civil bureaucracy to improve their service prospects and raise their morale. He sought suggestions from the officers regarding civil service reforms.
He said the reforms were aimed at providing best possible service to the people, giving rewards to better performing officers and punishing those who indulge in corruption, malpractice or slackness. He said the government does not believe in political victimisation of any kind, and there was not a single instance during the last two years in which any officer has been transferred on this basis. The officers also shared their views on civil service reforms.
The officers who were promoted to BS-22 included Manak Sher Idrees (Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service); Najeeb ullah Khan (Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service); Asif Ali (Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service); Shabbir Ahmed (Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service); Muhammad Khalid Qureshi (Police Service of Pakistan); Ahsan Mahboob (Police Service of Pakistan); and Fiza Muzaffar (Inland Revenue Service).
The promoted officers also included Muhammad Ashraf Khan (Inland Revenue Service); Abdul Rahman Dogar (Inland Revenue Service); Sameera Yasin (Inland Revenue Service); Lutfullah Virk (Pakistan Customs Service); Muhammad Javaid Anwar (Pakistan Railways); Fakir Syed Shaharyaruddin (Postal Group); Abdul Sattar Jajja (Secretariat Group); Raja Nadir Ali (Military Lands & Cantonments); and Azra Mujtaba (Inland Revenue Service).
Malik Asrar Hussain (Pakistan Administrative Service); Syed Iftikhar Hussain Babar (Pakistan Administrative Service); Syed Khalid Akhlaq Gilani (Pakistan Administrative Service); Fazal Abbas Mekan (Pakistan Administrative Service); Khizar Hayat Khan (Pakistan Administrative Service); Arshad Mirza (Pakistan Administrative Service); and Arifa Suboohi (Pakistan Administrative Service) were also among those who were promoted.
Secretary to the PM Javed Aslam and Establishment Secretary Nadeem Hassan Asif also attended the meeting.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk