CDA needs to ensure financial discipline: Hussain

PM’s adviser on institutional reforms and austerity says authority needs shakeup

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority needs to ensure financial discipline and strengthen financial structure, said former president of State Bank and PM’s Adviser on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain.

During his visit to CDA headquarters, Dr Hussain told CDA Chairman Amer Ali to carry out restructuring of the authority.

The Information Technology Department of CDA should be upgraded and comprehensive reforms were required to improve the working of different formations, the adviser told the meeting attended by members of CDA Board, financial adviser, member administration, estate, member planning and design and member engineering.

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Dr Hussain discussed restructuring reforms, which aim to revamp the organisation and improve the performance of the authority.

On this occasion, the CDA chairman briefed the Dr Hussain about the administrative structure and different departments of the authority. Ali also briefed him about the steps taken by the CDA to improve the performance of different formations and provision of services to residents in accordance with the directions of the federal government.

Members of the CDA Board also briefed Dr Hussain about the performance on steps taken to improve service delivery in their respective formations to make CDA a public friendly organisation, while controlling extra expenditures.

Dr Hussain highlighted that provision of facilities to the residents was a priority of the government. He further directed all formations to improve the quality of services being provided to the residents. He also directed them to ensure good governance and transparency.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 20^th, 2019.