Officers from Punjab in particular already creating problems
ISLAMABAD: A new rotation policy for the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) has been implemented with effect from January 1, 2021, with Prime Minister Imran Khan resolved to enforce it in letter and spirit. However, the provinces have already started creating
problems amid reports that Punjab, in particular, has sought time to relieve several BS-21 officers who were to be moved out of the province as per the rotation policy. Informed sources say that there are hurdles in implementing the policy but the primeminister is determined to implement it. However, it is feared that in case too many exceptions are created, the policy would meet the same fate as the earlier similar policies of successive governments. Over the past few decades, different governments have been trying to implement such a rotation policy, also known as the interprovincial transfer policy, but no government has suc
By News DeskISLAMABAD: A slate of new reforms were announced by the federal government on Wednesday which provide timeframes for internal accountability mechanisms of the bureaucracy and aim at.
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday announced Civil Servants Rules-2020 in order to boost the performance of bureaucracy and state.
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January 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday announced Civil Servants (E&D) Rules-2020 in order to boost the performance of bureaucracy and state institutions across the country.Shafqat Mahmood, who is also heading the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms, addressing a press conference said that besides improving the economic condition, the government had also brought reforms in the civil services.
Considering the importance of the matter, Prime Minister’s Office had been directly involved in the process, as it was top priority of the government, he added. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved these Civil Servants (E&D) Rules-2020 in the cabinet meeting held on Tuesday under government’s policy of institutional reforms.
• Promotion of official facing inquiry to be deferred
• Plea bargain, voluntary return included in definition of misconduct
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has said that reforms in the civil service would pave the way for ‘forced’ retirement of delinquent officers from government service and introduction of tough criteria for promotion of bureaucrats.
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood, who is also chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms, told a press conference on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved these reforms and that the rules that governed the civil service had been brought in conformity with the reforms.