Pakistan

Skills assessment system: PM Nawaz seeks reforms in civil services structure

Says only competent officers and staff will be given promotion to improve govt’s services

Our Correspondent February 10, 2015

A file photo of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said only capable officers and competent staff would be brought forward to improve the government’s functioning and services, stressing that an effective evaluation and assessment system must be in place.

He made the remark on Monday while chairing a meeting at the PM House for the implementation of the government’s reform agenda which also included deliberations on the setting up of a monitoring, evaluation and delivery cell in the PM Office.

It is a point of concern, the prime minister said, that various officers, even at senior levels, are lacking in competence and initiative which is hampering service delivery to the people.

He called the next meeting on Thursday to review progress on the matter.

PM Nawaz said the government is committed to improving efficiency of key service delivery ministries to bring improvement in the standard of living of people and ensure provision of basic facilities of life at the grassroots level in all parts of the country.

He said the government is focusing on an agenda of economic growth and structural reforms both in the long and short terms, adding that civil service reforms should be geared towards ensuring public welfare.

International best practices, PM Nawaz stressed, should be followed by bringing about reforms in civil services, in addition to studying the previous studies conducted domestically on the subject.

He stated that the salary structure of civil services must be improved to give better incentives to bureaucracy while strengthening their accountability mechanism.

Nawaz directed that a detailed report be presented to him within four months for bringing about holistic reforms in the civil service structure.

Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rehman along with Tariq Fatemi, Khawaja Zaheer and Danial Aziz were among those who attended the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 10^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (4)

mossawer niazi ac chakwal | 9 years ago | Reply our bureaucracy especially dmg/pas group is a maphia with colonial mindset.instead of delivering service to the public ,their focus is on power grabbing.many service groups like pms,information,omg,postal etc r their victims.dmg has occupied higher level seats of these groups hence blocking the promotion of the officers of these groups which resultantly has demoralizing effect on officers of these groups.tussles among service groups have badly hampered the public service delivery.for example at dist level pms ac,s perform better when they r working under pms dco ,same is the case viz aviz dmg ac,s.

Muddasir Gulzar | 9 years ago | Reply I agree to the PM saying that salary structure of civil servants should be improved but it should be done in both letter and spirit.

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MUNIB | 9 years ago | Reply PAK Bureaucracy still has 70s and 80s mindset. It does not matter which area of study you have, when you appear in CS exam it never looks like an exam of competency but more like a Matric/Inter PK Study paper with useless typical questions and typical answers. Even if you are an Engineer or Doctor they will ask you questions from same "ghisay pitay" topics instead of asking you questions related to your area of study. The attitude of PK bureaucracy is also like a street badmaash with only more words toy say from dictionary than a street one. Every try to go to a Gov office and talk to an Officer and you will know what i mean. This i am talking about 90% of Bureaucracy and not the 10% Good souls who are professional and honest with their duty.

Sara | 9 years ago | Reply Will Shahbaz Sharif also be a part of the test ;) ?

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