First 100 days of PTI's government: Some forged ahead, others lagged behind

Ministries submit reports to PM outlining feats and failures

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday received a 100-day performance report of different ministries, outlining ‘feats and failures’ of the ministers in 100 days of governance.

According to the report, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed and Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed appeared to be having a tough contest in terms of edging past one another.

The report said the ministers completed their 100-day tasks in time. The ministry headed by Sheikh Rasheed registered an income of more than Rs2 billion, while Murad Saeed’s ministry saw an addition of Rs3 billion to the revenue in the first 100 days in office.

Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda also achieved the set targets, with noteworthy steps including stopping widespread water theft and progress for Dasu Dam construction. One of Vawda’s accomplishments is described as his efforts to convince the province to install telemeters to contain water pilferage.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is also said to have accomplished targets related to his ministry.

Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari also featured among the list of top 10 ministries with top performance. Bukhari is hailed for taking important measures for facilitation of overseas Pakistanis and making efforts to remove hurdles faced by them.

The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development submitted its 100-Day performance report to the Prime Minister Office.

The report comprised a number of initiatives, including, digitalisation of its attached departments, abolishing of NICOP, the opening of Qatar Visa facilitation centre and launching of Naya Pakistan Calling Portal.

He said they had enhanced the amount of pension for pensioners of Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) from Rs5,250 to 6,500. Besides, the ministry had also abolished NICOP for visiting the country.

The digitisation of departmental affairs was imperative for sustainable development of the country since most of the developed countries had switched to e-culture in the last two decades, he said.

Unveiling his future, plan he said since overseas Pakistanis were sending around US$ 20 billion through proper channel, while over US$ 15 billion were being sent through Hundi in the country. "All possible facilities and conducive environment would be provided to the foreign investors for the development and prosperity of the country," he added

Meanwhile, Minister for Law, Dr Farogh Naseem also sent his report to the prime minister stating accomplishment of all 100-day targets set by his ministry. However, sources informed that a number of ministers failed to achieve the desired results.

Prominent among them is the Minister for Science and Technology Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui who could not start any major project related to tech, the report said.

Similarly, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Swati and Federal Minister for Privatization Muhammad Mian Soomro couldn’t achieve make a significant mark in first 100 days in office.

The federal government has asked the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination of Pakistan to submit its 100-day plan performance report.

The Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination of Pakistan Dr Fehmida Mirza had been informed by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in this regard.

In response, the ministry had called for an emergency meeting in which would be presided over by the deputy secretary while heads of the concerned departments and divisions would also attend the meeting.

The summary of the recommendations would be sent to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.

Imran had unveiled his 100-day plan two months before the general elections on May 20. The PTI-led government had recently launched a website for a public to know progress about the PTI’s 100-day agenda.

The website has diverse categories with each of them underlining government progress on the area mentioned.