ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is firmlycommitted to undertake structural reforms of bureaucracy to make itefficient and responsive to the needs of time.
He was chairing a meeting of Task Force on Civil Service Reforms inIslamabad on Friday.
The Prime Minister regretted that bureaucracy was heavily politicizedduring the past ten years which resulted in its inefficiency and created afear amongst the bureaucrats.
He said bureaucracy will be depoliticized and insulated from all kinds ofpolitical pressures.
The Prime Minister said the existing government system cannot compete withprivate sector where merit determines the positions and seniority. He saidno system can sustain or deliver if accountability and merit is missing.He said we need to restructure and reform our bureaucracy to make it pro-progress and innovative.
Imran Khan stressed there is dire need to promote professionalism in everysphere.
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He said we are committed to protect integrity and security of tenure ofbureaucrats so that they could devote their energies towards translatingpolitical vision into reality. He said we have to attract best minds toserve the country.
Imran Khan said talent is abundant in the country. Only the existing systemdoes not allow talent to emerge.
The Prime Minister said political class also needs to be trained to dealwith the changing times.
The Prime Minister stressed for checking the wastage of resources. He saidwe are also bringing a model local government system wherein localrepresentatives will be fully empowered to carry out public welfare work.
