ISLAMABAD: PM, Yousaf Raza Goilani has said that the leadership in
the civil bureaucracy held the key to improving the lot of the common
man and changing the destiny of this Nation.
Adressing a
gathering of senior civil servants , he decalred that no matter how
revolutionary the policies of the government are, the effective
management and strong implementation made all the difference on the
ground.
He stressed that , It was thus an essential imperative
that the civil service worked in complete harmony with the political
leadership of the country so that the benefits of people-friendly
policies reach masses.
The PM offered his observations
regarding a yawning gap between formulating policies and their
implementation : as Despite having the best and most competent officers
to run r ministries, divisions and key institutions, the Country is yet
to make headway in effective implementation which is a key element of
good governance.
He strongly stressed to discourage this
negative trend to continue, urging a dire need for a paradigm shift in
managing institutions and programs, stressing on personal monitoring of
implementations on ground ensuring that all bottlenecks and impediments
were removed.
The PM also stressed over the dire need to
institute a mechanism of monitoring and evaluation which was yet again
a grey area; hoping that an effective monitoring and evaluation
mechanism pointing out gaps in performance and help in devising future
strategies, could /would be evolved.
He reiterated governemnt’s
full support for civil servants in due discharge of their duties,
assuring that the Government would never stand in the way of exercise
of authority by any one of bureaucrats driven by National interest and
was in accordance with the law.
" I am personally seeing to it
that all elevations in the civil service are made only and only on
merit. This Government has not on a single occasion differed with the
recommendations made by the FPSC or the Central Selection Board", the
PM assired.
Reminding civil servants , that they all have a
major role to play in holding together the National fabric in these
testing times., the PM said that , while governments may come and go
yet civil servants would have to continue playing their role in
ensuring that there is unity in diversity and the sovereignty of the
State of Pakistan remains unharmed.
" My ultimate message to
you today is that ‘Let us all be answerable and subservient to the
people who are the final arbiters’, he stressed.
The PM
concluded with a quote from the great Quaid-e-Azam , stressing *‘My
message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize
all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the
grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline
worthy of a great nation’. Online
