Imran cracks the whip on ministers
THREE-MONTH REVIEWS TO ENSURE WORK OF GOVERNMENT IS ON TRACK, PM SAYS
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday announced that review meetings would be convened to evaluate the performance of all ministries and divisions every three months, reports said yesterday.
The decision was made at a meeting of the federal cabinet, presided over by the prime minister, which discussed the performance of various ministries.
Reports from all the ministries and divisions were presented to the premier at the meeting.
“Discussions on actions already taken in terms of service delivery, austerity measures adopted and future plans were held in each case with a view to improving performance,” a statement issued by the PM’s office said.
“It was decided that each ministry would be further tasked with a specific strategic plan for implementation, spread over five years, so that all concerned work in tandem for optimum output.”
The meeting decided that such review meetings would be held every three months to judge performance of the ministries and adopt midway course corrections, where required.
The review meetings will also ensure overall performance of the government is on track — the main aim of which is improving the quality of life of Pakistani citizens, the statement added.
The briefing, which started at 11.30am, lasted for more than six hours, according to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. He said the prime minister analysed the performance of all ministers.
“The things done in the ministries during the last 100 days could never have been imagined over the past 10 years,” Chaudhry added.
Rooting out corruption
Meanwhile, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar yesterday assured that the government’s commitment to rooting out corruption remains firm and irrevocable.
Talking to private news channel, he emphasised that foreign countries should cooperate with Pakistan to identify those Pakistanis who piled up properties worth billions of rupees abroad.