President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday stressed adopting continuity and a unified approach in pursuit of national goals and priorities in order to put the country on path of sustainable development.
The President said, in this regard, the civil servants should act in unison and with dedication in achieving the goals and meaningfully contribute to the national good.
Addressing the participants of 101st National Management Course here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President called for the effective measures to improve service delivery and work for public interests to catalyze socio-economic development.
He said civil servants play a key role in managing affairs of the state and the public through formulation of national policies and its implementation.
The President said the people of Pakistan expected good governance and effective service delivery for redressal of their problems.
Therefore, there is a need for improving governance in a manner in which authority is judiciously exercised in the management of country’s human, economic, material and social resources for collective national development, said the President.
President Mamnoon said civil service of Pakistan is the mainframe that holds together the various state institutions and organizations. The strength of this mainframe lies in your professionalism, competence, integrity, commitment and perseverance.
“People demand better service delivery, hence bureaucracy need to work for the welfare of masses. It is imperative to further reform the civil services especially those services that have direct interaction with the people,” he said.
He said the government had provided the direction and policy framework and the civil services should execute and deliver improved services to the satisfaction of the people of country.
The President urged the participants to perform their duties with utmost honesty, dedication and discourage all forms of corruption in their sphere of influence. (APP)
