Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday approved constitution of three task forces. These include, Task Force on Civil Service Reforms, Task Force on Austerity 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
Secretary
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 Qu
reshi, Former Federal
Secretary
10) Ms. Naheed Durrani, MD Sindh Education Foundation
11)
Secretary Cabinet or his nominee
12)
Secretary Establishment or his nominee
13)
Secretary Planning or his nominee
14)
Secretary Finance or his nominee
15) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Punjab
16) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Sindh
17) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary KP
18) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Balochistan
19)
Secretary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the
Secretary Establishment.
The Task Force on Austerity and Restructuring of the Government comprises of the following:
1) Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity
2) Mr. Sal
man Siddiq, Former Finance
Secretary
3) Mr. Wajid Rana, Former Finance
Secretary
4) Mr. Ijaz Nabi, Country Director IGC
5) Ms. Roshaneh Zafar, MD Kashf Foundation
6) Mr. Tariq Khosa, Former Federal
Secretary
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
Secretary
12)
Secretary Finance or his nominee
13)
Secretary Establishment or his nominee
14) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Punjab
15) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Sindh
16) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary KP
17) Chief
Secretary/ Additional Chief
Secretary Balochistan
18)
Secretary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the
Secretary 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 Minister for Religious Affairs
5- Senat
or Hidayatullah Khan
6- Federal
Secreta
ry SAFRON (Secretary)
7- Chief
Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
8- Additional Chief
Secretary 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.
Minister for Planning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiyar,
Secretary Planning Zafar Hasan,
Secretary Power Irfan Ali, National Highway Authority Jawwad Rafique Malik and senior government officers were present during the meeting.
Published in Daily Times, September 7th 2018.