ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday urged upon the civil servants to fulfill their responsibilities diligently and ensure corruption-free governance in the country.
While addressing at a luncheon hosted for the newly promoted BPS-22 grade officers here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President congratulated the officers and said their promotion places great responsibility on them to work for the welfare of masses.
The President called upon the civil servants to take decisions in the best interest of State and nation. He underscored that civil servants must strive to ensure rules-based governance and also learn to refuse the orders from high-ups which contradict the rules and law. He urged upon the civil servants to take steps for the betterment and welfare of public at large.
The President said the country had embarked upon a journey of development with the launch of several projects including China Pakistan Economic Corridor, motorways, projects of power and gas and Gwadar port that would generate employment opportunities for millions.
He regretted that corruption had taken its roots in the society and said that every officer, in whatever field he or she is working, should point out and discourage the corrupt practices.
The President wished the newly promoted officers all the best in their careers. The newly promoted officers who attended the luncheon include Malik Asrar Hussain, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Babar, Syed Khalid Akhlaq Gilani, Fazal Abbas Mekan, Khizar Hayat Khan and Arifa Saboohi (Pakistan Administrative Service), Muhammad Azam (Information Group), Manak Sher Idrees, Najeebullah Khan, Asif Ali and Shabbir Ahmed (Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service), Muhammad Khalid Qureshi (Police Service of Pakistan), Fiza Muzaffar, Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Abdur Rehman Dogar and Sameera Yasin (Inland Revenue Service), Lutfullah Virk (Pakistan Custom Service), Muhammad Javaid Anwar (Pakistan Railways), Fakir Syed Shaharyar (Pakistan Postal Group), Abdul Sattar Jajja (Secretariat Group) and Raja Nadir Ali (Military Lands and Cantonments Group).
