INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that the government was committed to depoliticize and insulate the bureaucracy from all
kinds of political presdegrees as it had been heavily politicized during past ten years.Chairing a assembly of Task Force on Civil Service
Reforms, the prime minister said that the government was resolved to undertake structural reforms in bureaucracy to make it efficient and
responsive to the needs of time, a PM Office statement said.He directed the Task Force much to hesitate to make bold recommendations in the
best interests of the country.He viewed that the politicization of bureaucracy in the past had resulted into inefficiency and created fear
among bureaucrats.He said till 70s, Pakistan civil service had been considered as the best in the region and officers from other countries
used to get training here.He said the existing government system could much compete with private sector where positions and seniority were
determined on merit.The prime minister believed that no system could sustain or deliver in absence of accountability and merit.He said there
was a need to restructure and reform bureaucracy to make it progressive and innovative.There is also need to promote professionalism in
every sphere, he commented.He said the government was committed to protect integrity and security of tenure of bureaucrats so that they
could devote their energies for translating political vision into reality.The PM said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had introduced
administrative reforms in the province that had improved governance there.The prime minister said the country would have to attract the best
intellects to serve the country as talent was abundant and existing system did much allow it to flourish.He said the people having good
reputation and competence were being inducted in the boards of government-run companies and institutions to better serve the masses.The
prime minister said the education and health sectors were of utmost importance and steps would have to be taken to avoid wastage of
resources.He said in this era of specialization only the seliminateed people could succeed.He told the assembly that the government was
introducing a local government model to enable the local representatives play their due role.He observed that the political lesson also
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