Islamabad:
The federal government has not yet found appropriate federal secretaries in the private sector to manage the main economic ministries, because the deadline given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to preselect potential candidates has also reached.
The sources informed of internal discussions indicated that a committee had met some candidates in the private sector to hire them to direct the energy divisions.
The Prime Minister also chaired a meeting during the fourth week of last month for hunting at the head of the main accountants (PAOS) who will act as secretaries in addition to finalizing the profiles of candidates for hiring technical experts in these ministries.
After the last meeting of the month, the Prime Minister had ordered the establishment’s division “to finish the pre -selection process of the PAOS” in the three weeks, the sources said. He also asked to share the profiles of candidates of the remaining technical positions with the ministries.
The deadline has been unleashed but so far there is no official progress on the issue, the sources said.
The Minister of Economic Affairs and the Ahad Khan Cheema establishment did not answer the question of whether the list of preselected candidates had been shared with the Prime Minister.
Last month, the government published media advertising in search of private sector professionals for the best public service positions, which also aroused concerns among certain federal ministers and bureaucrats concerning the potential impact on governance and institutional integrity.
Under the 1973 rules of activity, the federal secretaries were the administrative leaders of the respective divisions and are responsible for the management of the government gently. However, it was also feared that the government’s work was slowed down due to bureaucratic ineffectiveness and that it was necessary to bring experienced fresh blood from the private sector.
But the sources said that the Committee was to choose the candidates had not found any appropriate people during its interactions. The government has engaged a consulting firm abroad, which charges it beautiful costs, for headhunter.
The Prime Minister also constituted the Committee for the recruitment of the best workforce, aligned ministries on modern systems and improving governance through reforms.
The sources said that the majority of these candidates have good professional history, but they lacked knowledge and know the formulation and the functions of the ministries concerned of the ministries concerned. Some of these potential candidates also had concerns about the continuity of their roles in the event of a change in political exemption, the sources added.
Advertising, published on the website of the establishment’s division, did not appoint the divisions, qualification criteria and post descriptions. However, he suggested that the government should hire seven federal secretaries in the private sector to manage the ministries related to the economy.
These are the finance division, the oil division, the energy division, the planning division, the industries and the production division, the National Division of Food Security and Professional Education and Training. These divisions are currently led by officers of the all-powerful Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS).
The federal government had a few years in a few years ago, given 140% executive allowance for bureaucrats on the grounds that the provinces of the provinces were not ready to work at the center due to the best payment packages offered by the federative units.
Another committee to improve the effectiveness of the government also works under the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar. The committee also met on Tuesday and concentrated discussions on the progression of a transparent governance model, based on merit and technology focused, with clear and objective performance evaluation criteria, according to a press release from the Deputy Bureau of the PM.
The objective is to establish a system oriented towards results, responsible and reactive to the needs of the public, he added. Ishaq Dar highlighted the importance of institutional efficiency, evaluation mechanisms and delivery of tangible results to improve the provision of public services.
The sources said that in addition to finalizing potential candidates, the Prime Minister was also invited to review investment portfolios and identify a good number of high -level and strategic investment projects.
The government had hired the foreign council company in Kearney to finalize the investment projects of the Gulf Nations.
