Senior Civil Servants participating in the 107th National
Management Course called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at PM’s Office
today.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized the pivotal
role of Civil Servants in policy making and implementation. “Your professional
input on critical issues and guidance on technical matters is of utmost
importance to the political leadership”, stated the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said that bureaucracy needs to adapt to the
changing circumstances and requirements as the conventional bureaucratic
paradigm is no longer relevant. Bureaucrats need to maintain a healthy balance
between public needs, technical compulsions and administrative imperatives. The
Prime Minister further said that concrete reforms are required to bring the
Civil Service at par with international standards.
While interacting with the participants, the Prime Minister said
that CPEC is the best opportunity for Pakistan to join the ranks of developed
nations and our government has provided equal opportunities to all the
federating units to benefit from CPEC. To a question on National Action Plan,
the Prime Minister said that Pakistan has rendered huge sacrifices in the war
against terror and achieved significant success in bringing peace to our land.
The Prime Minister said that Pakistan will always benefit from good relations
with its neighbours, provided our positive intentions are reciprocated
accordingly.
On a question regarding FATA reforms, the Prime Minister stated
that the government is working with full dedication to mainstream FATA in
collaboration with all the stakeholders and that this process will take some
time. With regard to civil service reforms, the Prime Minister said that it
should be a consensus based process. He added that radical reforms are required
and that specialist streams, including economists, IT experts, energy, commerce
and communication professionals need to be raised in the civil service.
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