The PM has also withdrawn the exemption granted to finance division for the prescribed procedure for appointment of economic ministers. However, the finance division obtained exemption from the stipulated process on the pretext that the posts of economic ministries were highly specialised and technical and needed a different dispensation. According to officials, the finance division initiated the process of apportionment of economic ministers in the last week of March this year and subsequently shortlisted some eight candidates. Moreover, the prime minister’s office approved a set of specific, objective and differentiating criteria for the shortcomings and interview of candidates for these positions. Nonetheless, the shortlisting carried out by the finance division appears to have nullified the differentiating criteria.

Source: Pakistan Today May 30, 2018 15:56 UTC