Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has said the welfare of people, improvement in governance, public service delivery; development projects, merit and transparency are among his top priorities.
He said that he believed in practical work, adding that officers would be given full freedom to work but there will be strict accountability in place. He mentioned that transfers would be made thoughtfully and only based on merit and performance.
Presiding over an introductory meeting with the administrative secretaries at the Civil Secretariat on Friday, the chief secretary asserted that the welfare of the people was the basic charter and responsibility of the state and government officials must implement this charter. He maintained that timely completion of uplift schemes would be ensured.
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The CS said the officers should perform their duties without any fear or danger. He mentioned that transparency could not be ensured without accountability, saying that work would be done only on merit. He warned that there would be a zero-tolerance policy against corruption and poor performance and corruption would not be tolerated under any circumstances.
He said that one of the major problems of the common man was inflation. He directed the officers concerned to adopt practical steps to address this problem and take stern action against hoarders and profiteers.
The meeting was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Chairman P&D and all secretaries.
Later, the chief secretary held a video link meeting with all the divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners and conveyed his priorities to them.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2021.
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