ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday issued a ‘red letter’ as a final warning to 27 ministries and divisions for a critical delay in performing tasks that were assigned to the said departments by the prime minister himself.
The red letter, which is considered to be a final warning and an expression of displeasure, was issued to the secretaries for 27 federal ministries/divisions and the Prime Minister’s Office asked the concerned ministries/divisions to complete the assigned tasks by Sept 9 and submit a compliance report on the matter.
The warning was issued after an inordinate delay of one month in various tasks that were assigned to the said ministries by the PM’s Office.
According to the statement, the said ministries failed to achieve tasks, like provision of the list of positions lying vacant at all levels for framing or update of recruitment rules; provision of the list of positions lying vacant at all levels that could be re-designated, rationalised or deleted; provision of the list of officers/officials (all type of ex-cadres) eligible for promotion not being promoted due to various reasons; timely disposal of all disciplinary proceedings initiated against government employees that are lying pending for more than three months; provision of data on a prescribed format regarding record/files to be archived, machinery, vehicles, equipment to be condemned and disposed-off as per the approved procedure; the letter said that in order to ensure clarity, two briefing sessions had also been convened.
The red letter, the PMO noted, would factor into the performance report of the concerned ministry. The letter further urged the ministry to complete tasks for which deadlines had not yet met.
The PM will be conducting a quarterly review of all the ministries and cabinet divisions of the government, for which a notice was sent to all federal secretaries by the Prime Minister’s Office in March.