–PM orders ministries and divisions to dispose of applications and petitions by citizens within four weeksISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday took notice of delay in service delivery by public entities and directed the relevant ministries and divisions to dispose of applications and petitions by citizens within four weeks. According to a notification issued by prime minister’s secretary, the prime minister in order to build the public confidence on government functionaries, desired that all tiers must work out minimum timelines for case processing and display the same at their websites and notice boards within ten days. The notice was taken in view of several applications, petitions and references from citizens received by the ministries, divisions and provincial governments, which were either delayed, kept unattended indefinitely or filed without taken any action thereon. “This will help the citizens to know in advance the probable processing timeline of their cases,” it added. The progress on cases will be constantly monitored by all federal and chief secretaries, and heads of organisations who will submit a quarterly certificate to the prime minister’s office or chief minister’s office.

Source: Pakistan Today October 01, 2019 09:56 UTC