The Office Management Group (OMG) has written the letter on behalf of the fellow bureaucrats over the growing unease in the civil servants since the formation of committee for civil service reforms on September 6, and has put forth several demands for consideration. Dr Ishrat Hussain, an economist and former State Bank of Pakistan governor, is the chairperson of the 19-member taskforce. Bureaucrats are of the concerned that representation from only PAS means the policy or reforms would be influenced and tilted to benefit only one group while status quo would prevail for the rest. About inclusion of representation from other groups, he said it was not possible to have everyone in the task force but decisions would be taking all on board. In the letter the bureaucrats have also requested the PM to abolish arbitrary and unjust statutory regulatory orders (SROs) issued in 2004.

Source: The Express Tribune September 13, 2018 17:03 UTC