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 Sec
retary
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 Sec
retary
10) Ms. Naheed Durrani, MD Sindh Education Foundation
11) Sec
retary Cabinet or his nominee
12) Sec
retary Establishment or his nominee
13) Sec
retary Planning or his nominee
14) Sec
retary Finance or his nominee
15) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Punjab
16) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Sindh
17) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary KP
18) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Balochistan
19) Sec
retary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the Sec
retary 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 Sec
retary
3) Mr. Wajid Rana,
Former Finance Sec
retary
4) Mr. Ijaz Nabi, Country Director IGC
5) Ms. Roshaneh Zafar, MD Kashf Foundation
6) Mr. Tariq Khosa,
Former Federal Sec
retary
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 Sec
retary
12) Sec
retary Finance or his nominee
13) Sec
retary Establishment or his nominee
14) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Punjab
15) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Sindh
16) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary KP
17) Chief Sec
retary/ Additional Chief Sec
retary Balochistan
18) Sec
retary of the Task Force- to be appointed by the Sec
retary Establishment.
The Task Force for Identification of Impediments & Facilitation of Merger of Erstwhile FATA & PATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP) comprises of the follow
ing :
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 Sec
retary SAFRON (Sec
retary)
7- Chief Sec
retary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
8- Additional Chief Sec
retary 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 netwo
rk, establishment of special economic zones and development of Gwadar.
Minister for Planning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiyar, Sec
retary Planning Zafar Hasan, Sec
retary 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.