PM takes stern notice of officers’ inaction on Citizen Portal

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of mishandling, non-resolution and delayed response of the complaints registered on the Pakistan Citizen Portal app, Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed all the ministries to form a dedicated committee to evaluate the performance of the officers responsible for inaction and submit their reports within 30 days.

According to a letter issued to all ministries and divisions by the Prime Minister’s Office, a performance evaluation of few officers’ dashboard was made which showed that the complaints were neither handled according to the instructions nor were they decided at an appropriate level.

“It was evident from the quality of response to the citizens that the system was left in the hands of subordinates and majority of the decisions were made by them,” it stated.

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Each dedicated committee will comprise a joint secretary who will also be the chairman, administrative focal person of the ministry or division, technical focal person, focal person of attached departments and any co-opted member.

The committee will conduct a performance evaluation of the assigned or selected officers’ dashboards and identify the loopholes in the sample complaints handled, resolved, or dropped so far.
The body will identify the officers responsible for both good and poor performances.

Besides taking corrective measures in complaints identified with improper handling or resolution, the committee will also point out the success stories of the portal.

The ministries and divisions have been given 30 days to furnish the evaluation report.

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The PM office pointed out that despite stress on provision of proof to the citizens regarding the resolution, many resolved complaints were found devoid of it.

In the evaluation, it was also found that a citizen was told that he had been granted relief or partial relief but the factual position was different besides the misleading statements made regarding the resolution.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government launched the portal on October 28, 2018. In February, it was declared the second best government mobile application in the world at the World Government Summit.