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 Qureshi, 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. Salman 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- Senator Hidayatullah Khan
6- Federal Secretary 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.
