Pithy briefs: ‘Chief minister wants six-slide presentations’

Services Department directive says briefs should avoid non-essential details.

LAHORE: The Punjab government has set a six-slide benchmark for official presentations given to the chief minister on development projects, policy concepts and initiatives to improve governance in the province.

On January 11, the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) issued orders on the directions of the chief minister to the Planning and Development Board chairman, the Chief Minister’s Inspection Team, Board of Revenue members, administrative secretaries, commissioners and the inspector general of police to avoid unnecessary details during presentations on projects.

The order says the rule is meant to save time.



The order noted that it had become routine for officers to make lengthy presentations. It said sometimes presentation became so lengthy that the participants pf the meeting stopped paying attention.

Officials were asked to restrict their presentations to six slides, instead of the average 10 to 15 slides.

The order said, “The chief minister has desired that presentations made by departments and officers should not be more than six slides on multi-media. The chief minister has further desired that they should be brief and focused on salient features and specific issues on which decisions are required from the authority.”

Published in The Express Tribune, January 24^th, 2015.