PRESS RELEASE DETAILS Probationary Officers from Civil Services Academy, Lahore Call on Speaker National Assembly. Wednesday, 21st August, 2013 Islamabad: August 21, 2013: The Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has asked the civil servants to adopt people friendly and pro-people attitudes and help the people in resolving the socio economic problems confronting them. He said this while addressing a group of Probationary Officers from Civil Services Academy, Lahore who called on the Speaker at Parliament House today. The Speaker said that civil servants should serve the country honestly and fearlessly. The Speaker said that many of the ills confronting the country were due to the denial of rule of Law and absence of true democracy in the past. He said that remedy of our socio-economic problems lie in the true democracy, restoring peoples’ basic rights and strengthening of institutions in the country. He said Civil Service was the backbone of government structure and efficient and honest civil servants were asset of the nation. He said that no Nation can progress unless ensuring basic rights of the masses. He said that the government was confronting a lot of challenges which required to be resolved. He said that mitigating sufferings of the people, alleviation of poverty, creating jobs and provision of civic amenities was the main priorities and goals of the government policy. He said that government policy objectives can be achieved rapidly when all state institutions work efficiently in collaboration with each other. The Speaker said that there was also need for attitudinal change of civil servants toward people. He said that they need to make the people feel that they were their friends, so that people could have confidence in the civil servants and consider them friends and well-wisher. The Speaker stressed that civil servants should not be influenced by political pressure and should perform duty as servants of the people and the state, fearlessly and honesty without indulging into politics. He said that civil servants should help people in education, trade, industry and provision of social amenities. The Joint Secretary (Legislation) Latif Qureshi briefed the participants about the organizational setup and working of the National assembly. He also briefed the participants about the legislation, N. A. standing Committees and their working. Briefing was followed by Question Answer session. The Director General Civil Services Academy, thanked the Speaker for giving a detailed briefing about the legislation and working of the National Assembly to the participants.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:21:14 +0000
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