Federal government responds over media reports of closing 400 departments
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ISLAMABAD – Federal government responds over media reports of closing 400 departments.
The Cabinet Division has on Thursday stated that there is no truth in Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry’s statement of disbanding 400 government departments.
According to the Cabinet Division sources, only five departments – Evacuee Trust Property Board, National Talent Pool, National Council of Social Welfare, National Construction Company and J&K Estate Property – are being considered to be shut down owing to their poor performance.
Furthermore, 45 departments will be handed over to Sarmaya-e-Pakistan – a holding company, 43 will be merged and 12 will be privatized.
The sources further revealed that it is being considered to privatize 219 departments, to turn 82 into executive departments, and to hand over 19 departments to provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad.
The federal government has formed an 11-member committee in this regard.
