Punjab bureaucracy’s year of transfers
Officers serving on a number of posts replaced multiple times
Officials ordered to appear in bureau's Karachi office on Monday. STOCK IMAGE
LAHORE:
The year 2020 saw transfers and postings in the bureaucracy and police in Punjab at a frequency never seen before.
The "tsunami" of ongoing bureaucratic changes in Punjab continued right till December 31.
The Punjab government could not form the province of South Punjab in 2020. However, the South Punjab Secretariat was established for the police and bureaucracy. Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur and Multan divisions were placed under the new secretariat where an additional inspector general (IG), an additional chief secretary and secretaries of several departments were posted along with their staff.