The protest by a group of provincial civil service officers in civil secretariat, during office hours the other day in Lahore, should be condemned.
According to the 1973 Constitution, there are two types of civil services; one is federal while the other is provincial. Both the services complement each other. However, its surprising that the PCS is demanding repatriation of the federal civil service officers to federal government. This demand is detrimental to the spirit of federation and the constitution.
Three-year record of the Punjab government shows that it has adopted very facilitating attitude towards the PCS demands. In this regard, PMS Officers are also being posted as Deputy District Officer (Revenue) in order of seniority as recommended by the Cabinet Committee formed by the Chief Minister Punjab. Likewise, officers belonging to provincial services are also considered for posting as Provincial Secretary, Commissioner and DCO. It is significant to note that nine meetings of PSB-I & nine meetings of PSB-II have been convened since 2009 and a total of 320 officers have been cleared for promotion in different grades in these meetings.
For posting of officers belonging to PCS/PSS in grade BS-18 and above, a total of 39 officers have been nominated for National Management Course since 2009, 95 officers have been nominated for Senior Management Course since 2008, 124 officers of grade BS-18 to BS-19 have been nominated for training in MPDD department during 2008-2010 and 191 officers of grade BS-17 &18 were nominated during 2009-11.
It is worthwhile that Punjab government has regularised the services of as many as 82,562 officers and officials belonging to different departments during the last three years. These include 70,004 officials from one to 15 grade and 12,558 officers of grade-16 and above. This shows strong commitment of the Punjab government towards the welfare of the provincial government machinery.
I demand the Punjab government to take strict action against the agitators who have no regard for the office decorum and public welfare. The agitators should serve the poor masses and win their hearts with altruistic service-delivery.
QUDRAT ULLAH
Lahore