Final proposals regarding the dissolution of Pak PWD should be submitted to the Cabinet: PM Shehbaz
LAHORE, August 25 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed to submit a final plan for the transfer of the ongoing projects under Pak PWD to the provinces and related departments at the earliest.
PM Shehbaz Sharif gave these instructions, while chairing a review meeting regarding the dissolution of the Public Works Department in Lahore on Sunday.
The Prime Minister said the financial package given to the outgoing employees due to the dissolution of Pak PWD is not for those staffers against whom corruption charges have been proved.
He further instructed that final proposals regarding the dissolution of Pak PWD should be submitted to the Cabinet.
The Prime Minister, however, directed to implement the age relaxation proposal to provide re-employment to hardworking and honest people with short tenure of Pak PWD service.
The meeting was given a detailed briefing regarding the final stages and legal aspects of Pak PWD’s dissolution.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assigned the Ministry of Information Technology and relevant departments the task of making offices of the Federal Government paperless.
In a statement, he said no delay in the implementation of e-office in the Federal Government offices is acceptable.
PM Shehbaz Sharif instructed that the work on all office files should be done through the e-office within a month. He said he would not see any file other than the e-office.
The Prime Minister said enforcement of e-office is amongst the top priorities of the government to ensure transparency and improvement in the system. He said officers should send files to all government offices through e-office.
On the directions of Shehbaz Sharif, an e-office training of the Prime Minister’s office staff was completed last week. Besides, the Prime Minister personally received files through the e-office last week.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said the e-office is a significant step for the promotion of digitization and improvement of governance in Pakistan. He also sought a progress report on the implementation of the e-office in the next two weeks.