Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday approved constitution of three task forces. These include, Task Force on Civil Service Reforms, Task Force on Austeri
ty and Restructuring of Government and Task Force for Identification of Impediments & Facilitation of Merger of Erstwhile FATA & PATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP).
The Task Force on Civil Service Reforms comprises of the following:
1) Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity
2) Mr. Shahid Kardar, VC Beacon House, National University
3) Dr. Sania Nishtar,
4) Mr. Suleiman Ghani, Retired Federal S
ecretary
5)
Dr. Nadeem-ul-Haq, Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission
6) Mr. Salman Raja, Lawyer
7) Mr. Ali Cheema, LUMS
8) Mr. Umair Javed, LUMS
9) Mr. Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi, Former Federal S
ecretary
10) Ms. Naheed Durrani, MD Sindh Education Foundation
11) S
ecretary Cabinet or his nominee
12) S
ecretary Establishment or his nominee
13) S
ecretary Planning or his nominee
14) S
ecretary Finance or his nominee
15) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Punjab
16) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Sindh
17) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary KP
18) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Balochistan
19) S
ecretary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the S
ecretary Establishment.
The Task Force on Austeri
ty and Restructuring of the Government comprises of the following:
1) Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity
2) Mr. Salman Siddiq, Former Finance S
ecretary
3) Mr. Wajid Rana, Former Finance S
ecretary
4) Mr. Ijaz Nabi, Country Director IGC
5) Ms. Roshaneh Zafar, MD Kashf Foundation
6) Mr. Tariq Khosa, Former Federal S
ecretary
7) Mr. Burhan Rasool, GM Punjab IT Board
8) Mr. Abdullah Yousaf, Former Chairman FBR
9) Rana Ahmad, Member FBR
10) Mr. Asad Ali Shah, Former Managing Partner Ernst & Young
11) Ms. Taslim Aslam, Former Foreign S
ecretary
12) S
ecretary Finance or his nominee
13) S
ecretary Establishment or his nominee
14) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Punjab
15) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Sindh
16) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary KP
17) Chief S
ecretary/ Additional Chief S
ecretary Balochistan
18) S
ecretary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the S
ecretary Establishment.
The Task Force for Identification of Impediments & Facilitation of Merger of Erstwhile FATA & PATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP) comprises of the following :
1- Adviser to the Prime Minister on Establishment (Convener)
2- Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
4- Mr. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Federal Ministe
r for Religious Affairs
5- Senator Hidayatullah Khan
6- Federal S
ecretary SAFRON (S
ecretary)
7- Chief S
ecretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
8- Additional Chief S
ecretary FATA
9- Representative of MO Directorate, GHQ
10- Representative of 11 Corps, Peshawar
11- Mr. Habibullah Khan
PM also chaired a briefing on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at the PM Office. The prime minister was briefed in detail about various projects under the umbrella of CPEC in various sectors, including energy, infrastructure development, road and rail network, establishment of special economic zones and development of Gwadar.
Ministe
r for Planning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiyar, S
ecretary Planning Zafar Hasan, S
ecretary Power Irfan Ali, Nationa
l Highway Authority Jawwad Rafique Malik and senior government officers were present during the meeting.
Published in Daily Times, September 7th 2018.