ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi emphasized the necessity of fostering a culture of swift decision-making within the bureaucracy on Thursday in order to enhance service delivery and swiftly accomplish desired goals.
He claimed that the bureaucracy’s protracted decision-making led to poor governance and hindered the development of the nation. The President made these comments while presiding over a meeting of the National School of Public Policy (NSPP) Board of Governors at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Awais Manzur Sumra, Asmat Tahira, Dr. Ijaz Munir, the rector of NSPP, and Nadeem Mahbub, the secretary of the executive committee of the board of governors of NSPP, were present at the meeting as special secretaries for the finance and establishment divisions, respectively. Members of the BoG include Muhammad Hanif, Muneer Kamal, Zaid bin Maqsood, and Javed Sadiq Malik.
Speaking on the occasion, the President underlined the need for imparting modern knowledge and techniques to civil servants to ensure good governance and efficient service delivery.
He asked the Rector of NSPP to inculcate the spirit of fast decision-making among the civil servants, getting training at NSPP, besides adopting best international training practices to improve the decision-making process as well as enhance the efficiency of the civil servants.
The Board of Governors approved the proposal to allow NSPP to hire young professionals as internees. The President advised that suitable and efficient internees may be hired in order to enhance the capacity of young professionals.
The meeting also approved the upgradation of Computer Operators from BPS-11 to BPS-16 with the change of nomenclatures as IT Officers in all National Institutes of Management in the country.
The Board also accorded approval to the proposal for adopting special dispensation for the employees in BPS-1 to BPS-16 as per the Finance Division’s Office Memorandum of 14 February 2023.
