ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that government’s policy of depoliticisation of institutions, meritocracy, and transparency offered a great opportunity to the bureaucracy to improve its performance and play its due role in translating political vision into reality.
The prime minister was addressing participants of 109th National Management Course from National School of Public Policy.
The prime minister said that being the backbone of the state, the bureaucracy has a huge responsibility to deliver and come up to the expectations of the nation. Highlighting huge potential of the country, including the human capital, mineral wealth, strategic location and other resources, the prime minister underscored the need for better management of available resources, improving service delivery and most importantly a commitment and passion to serve the nation to the best of one’s abilities.
The meeting with senior civil servants from various occupational groups and cadres was later turned into an interactive session where the prime minister shared his vision with the participants and answered their questions.
Discussing the current economic situation and various other challenges faced by the country, including the menace of corruption, rapid population growth, the prime minister said that the government was focusing on stabilisation measures along with undertaking institutional reforms with an aim to improve vital sectors such as education, health, governance, etc. He said that the local government system being introduced by the present government would help address many issues through empowerment of the people’s representatives at the grassroots level. In this context, the prime minister also shared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s experience of reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in education, health, alternative dispute resolution, and other areas.
Responding to a question about Pakistan’s recent initiative to improve Pak-India relations and the disappointing response from the other side of the border, the prime minister said that it was unfortunate that Indian leadership is failing to realise that the biggest challenge confronting this region was alleviating poverty and improving socio-economic condition of the people of the region.