ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday approved the recommendations regarding revamping recruitment, training and promotion criteria of civil servants.
As of now, civil servants will be promoted to the upper grade on the basis of their performance.
According to the new rules, the performance of every officer will be reviewed after 20 years of his/her service, and the officers will be promoted to higher grades or ranks based on their performance.
The proposal aims to promote only qualified and competent officers.
The govt has announced to form an evaluation board comprising senior secretaries and the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) chairman, which will decide the continuation of civil servants employment.
Twenty per cent officers fulfilling the eligibility criteria will be promoted to grade 20 and 21, while for promotion to grade-21 a government officer will now have to serve in more than one province.
The civil servant, who will serve more than 10 years in one province, would not be promoted to upper grade, while for getting promotion in grade-19 and grade-20- one has to perform duties in “hard areas”.
Efficiency and discipline rules have also been set up under the civil service reforms. The inquiry officer conducting the irregularities will be obligated to submit a report in 60 days.
In case if he fails to submit a report or submits a bogus report, an inquiry will be launched against him.
