Chief Secretary Punjab Wants Strong Accountability System In Deptts
Faizan Hashmi Published September 26, 2018 | 08:32 PM
Chief Secretary Punjab Akbar Durrani on Wednesday directed all administrative secretaries to start accountability within departments and send cases of corrupt officers and officials to Anti-Corruption Establishment.
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Sep, 2018 ) :Chief Secretary Punjab Akbar Durrani on Wednesday directed all administrative secretaries to start accountability within departments and send cases of corrupt officers and officials to Anti-Corruption Establishment.
Presiding over a meeting of administrative secretaries' committee at Civil Secretariat here, the Chief Secretary said that strong accountability system within departments would help root out corruption.
He maintained that the targets of progress could not be achieved without curbing corruption. He added that effective measures against corruption would not only help stop financial irregularities but also improve performance of departments. He said that hard working and honest officials would be encouraged.
The Chief Secretary also ordered the authorities to take stern action against ghost employees, saying that those getting salaries while sitting at homes are burden to national exchequer.
He mentioned that two committees have been set up to prepare recommendations from Punjab province that would be presented to the taskforces formed by the Federal government for civil service reforms and austerity measures. He said that civil service reforms are aimed at improving public service delivery as provision of education, health, clean drinking water and other basic facilities are top priority of the government.
He also issued instructions regarding verification of educational certificates of government employees, saying that action be taken against those who managed to get recruited providing fake degrees.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmad, administrative secretaries of different departments and officers concerned.
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