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Top Story May 5, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Rivalries among different services within the civil bureaucracy have pushed the civil service to a new low. The most recent example of this divide was the statement issued by the All Pakistan Provincial Management Services Officers Association against Chief Secretary Punjab for condemning the humiliating treatment meted out to the Assistant Commissioner Sialkot by the Punjab CM’s media adviser Firdous Ashiq Awan. The association in its statement said on Monday that the officers belonging to the provincial services stand by the provincial government and will not allow any federal service or its top representative the chief secretary in this case to blackmail the province because of one incident. Significantly, the provincial association did not condemn the incident that had attracted a great deal of media attention. ....
Top Story May 5, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Rivalries among different services within the civil bureaucracy have pushed the civil service to a new low. The most recent example of this divide was the statement issued by the All Pakistan Provincial Management Services Officers Association against Chief Secretary Punjab for condemning the humiliating treatment meted out to the Assistant Commissioner Sialkot by the Punjab CM’s media adviser Firdous Ashiq Awan. The association in its statement said on Monday that the officers belonging to the provincial services stand by the provincial government and will not allow any federal service or its top representative the chief secretary in this case to blackmail the province because of one incident. Significantly, the provincial association did not condemn the incident that had attracted a great deal of media attention. ....
Being rude to civil servants: What is the bureaucracy’s job? Why Sonia Sadaf doesnât deserve the blame SAMAA | Asad Ejaz Butt - Posted: May 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago SAMAA | Asad Ejaz Butt Posted: May 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago The minister berated the assistant commissioner at a bazaar. Art: M. Obair/SAMAA Digital Listen to the story In 2005, the defense minister of Pakistan, Rao Sikander Iqbal, invited the prime minister and the Turkish ambassador to his village in Okara. The PM had to speak at a public ceremony arranged by Iqbal as an ostensible display of power and popularity. His party, PPP-Patriots had been at odds with the chief minister, Pervaiz Elahi, and the show at Okara was meant to establish the PPP-P in Punjab as a counterbalancing force against the ruling PML-Q. At the last minute, however, the PMâs security route was changed, disrupting arrangements Iqbal made. The incensed defense mi ....
Islamabad: Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Chief Minister of Punjab on information & Culture, is facing criticism on social media as well as within the ranks of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for bullying a young officer during her recent visit to Sialkot to inspect a Ramadan Discount Bazaar. During the visit, Dr Firdous pointed out to the Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Sialkot Sonia Sadaf about the ‘low’ quality of fruit being sold by the vendors there. The young officer explained to her that the hot weather was a reason for this. Moreover, the fruit brought to the discount bazaar was not usually of the best quality. ....