INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday took notice of delay in service delivery by public entities, directing the relevant ministries
and divisions to dispose of applications and petitions by citizens within four weeks.A notification issued by the Secretary to the Prime
Minister dated October 1st stated that the prime minister, in order to build the public confidence on government functionaries, desired that
all tiers must work out minimum timelines for case processing and display the same at their websites and notice boards within 10 days.The
notice was taken in view of several applications, petitions and references from citizens received by the ministries, divisions and
provincial governments, which were either delayed, kept unattended indefinitely or filed without any action taken."The above exercise shall
be carried out by all concerned and a report shall be submitted after four weeks for perusal of the Prime Minister (in case of federal
government) and Chief Minister (in case of provincial governments)," the notification said.The report by the heads of division, attached
organizations, chief secretaries, field formations etc will certify about taking-up of the pending service delivery-related
applications."This will help the citizens know in advance the probable processing timeline of their cases," the official document stated.The
reason for delay of those cases, which can not be disposed of in stipulated time or required further time, will be explained to the
applicant in writing.The progress on cases will be constantly monitored by all federal and chief secretaries, and heads of organizations who
will submit a quarterly certificate to the Prime Minister''s Office or Chief Minister''s Office."The measures on this account will
factor into the performance evaluation of the officer concerned and laxity would deem to be considered inefficiency in terms of Efficiency -
Discipline Rules and dealt with accordingly," the notification said.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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