New unit to check depts’ performance

Unit will work on reforms in different sectors

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar inaugurated a special unit established at his office to monitor the performance of departments and officers. Monitoring would be done through the Punjab Performance Monitoring Framework, a portal developed by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the chief secretary said that establishing performance and reforms units was aimed at improving governance and public service delivery through information technology. The unit would not only monitor performance but also work on reforms in different sectors, especially health and education. He maintained that hardworking officers would be encouraged and provided incentives, whereas action would be taken against those being negligent. The CS also issued instructions to deputy commissioners, asking them to take concrete measures to control dengue and the prices of commodities.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th, 2019.