ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said the federalcabinet dilated upon the issue of tenure safety of senior bureaucrats indetail. A suggestion has been made that federal secretaries should beprovisionally appointed for a period of six months at a ministry and aftersuccessful completion of that period, their appointment will be extendedfor two and half year. During this period they will not be transferred orremoved from their positions.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan firmly believes that bureaucracy shouldbe free from any political interference.
The Minister said the appointment of bureaucrats should be linked withtheir performance and not political connections.
He said the cabinet has decided to form a cabinet committee headed byShehzad Arbab, to look into the affairs of tenures of bureaucrats andpresent its suggestions to the cabinet.
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Other members of the Committee will be Defense Minister Pervez Khattak,Railways Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, and Prime Minister’s Advisor onInstitutional Reforms Dr. Ishrat Hussain.
