President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised the need to strengthen the institutions to confront the challenges facing the country at the moment.
Addressing the participants of 97th National Management Course of National School of Public Policy on Thursday, the president said efficient and dedicated civil servants could play a decisive role in finding solutions to the problems and steering the country towards socio-economic progress and prosperity. He said civil servants were the backbone of the administrative machinery of the country and had a unique role in policy formulation and ensuring its effective implementation.
Zardari said it was the duty of every civil servant to meet the challenges of the administration regardless of any consideration of which political party was in power. He expressed hope that input by bureaucrats would greatly help the government in formulation of appropriate policies to overcoming the prevailing challenges. The president said good governance was critical in enabling the people reap the dividends of democracy.