Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said the country was facing serious challenges related to financial matters, governance and other areas.
He was addressing the participants of the 27th mid-care management course at the National Institute of Management (NIM).
He said most of the issues have cropped up because the bureaucracy has stopped working. “The officers who used to take bold initiatives are now preferring to get side-postings,” he said, adding that “we have to identify the reasons behind reluctance of the officers to perform.” Shah said the reluctance of bureaucracy to work could not be termed incompetence. “I believe that the government officers in terms of their competence are low-paid,” he remarked and added that the salary packages of government officers must be attractive.
Quoting the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the CM said he had urged the government officers in 1947 to make the country a liveable country where law and order must be exemplary and there was no corruption. “Today, in the crime index, Pakistan stands at 180 while Bangladesh which was carved out of Pakistan has better position at 147,” he lamented.
The CM urged the participants of the MCMC who would qualify for the promotion to grade BS-18 to work with dedication and devotion without any fear. “The development of this country lies in the hands of bureaucracy,” he said. “We all will have to work hard for our country and its people.” Shah gave away certificates to the participants who had qualified the course.
Addressing schoolgirls
The CM also spoke at an event, Kiran Sitara Conference, held at the Pakistan Air ForceMuseum on Thursday where he lauded girl students.
“I foresee [that] each and every girl student present in this conference [is] going to be Benazir Bhutto,” Shah said. “Whenever female students have been given space, they leave behind the male students.”
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