ISLAMABAD: Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed has been named as the best performing minister as Prime Minister Imran Khan awarded appreciation certificates.
The prime minister awarded appreciation certificates to the top ten best-performing ministries and divisions on good performance and targets achieved. Extra allowances will also be provided to employees of the ministries.
The ceremony for the distribution of appreciation certificates was held at the Prime Minister’s office, while ministers and concerned officials from the ministries have been invited to attend the ceremony.
Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr Sania Nishtar, and Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood’s performances were also recognised respectively.
This was followed by Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari, Minister for Industry and Production Khusro Bakhtiar, National Security Division Dr Moeed Yusuf. Advisor on Commerce, Abdur Razaq Dawood, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, and Minister for National Food Security and Research Fakhar Imam.
Speaking at the occasion, the prime minister stressed that improved performance of ministries is critical to achieving self-sufficiency target. He said the government is fully focusing on ensuring good governance to improve the lives of the people.
He aid performance assessment is very imperative to bring improvement in the bureaucracy. He said incentives will be increased for best-performing ministries in future. He also called for exploring non-traditional ways to meet economic challenges.
He said that the system only works when there is a reward system in place for the best performance, adding that more incentives will be given to the ministries that are high-performing. “We have to further improve the performance of ministries,” he said.
He congratulated Communication Minister Murad Saeed for achieving the top position and said that the youngest cabinet member had delivered well regarding his ministry. He said the government’s agenda was transformed into an actionable form through the performance agreement system. He said 1,090 targets had been set by the ministries of which 424 would be completed this year, including 207 related to governance and 100 to infrastructure.
Earlier Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Establishment Mohammad Shehzad Arbab briefed the Prime Minister about the evaluation and assessment process of performance of ministries. The prime minister instructed minister him to quarterly review the federal ministers’ performance and invite all ministries to the next award ceremony.
