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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave a final nod to the long-awaited promotions of senior bureaucrats on Saturday. At least 346 officers have been promoted to grade 20 and 141 officers to grade 21.
Establishment Division Secretary Syed Tahir Shahbaz confirmed that the prime minister had approved the summary submitted to him for the promotion of bureaucrats in grade 19 to 20 and from grade 20 to 21. The last such promotions were made in May 2015.
On Nov 28, 2016, the Supreme Court had directed the federal government to convene the Central Selection Board (CSB) to consider the promotion of all eligible officers. Subsequently, the CSB was convened in mid-December, which recommended the promotion of officers from grade 19 and 20 and onwards.
The promoted individuals from the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) — formerly known as the District Management Group — include 34 who were promoted to grade 20 and 31 promoted to grade 21.
487 promoted, 90 officers’ promotions deferred
From the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), 21 officers have been promoted to grade 20 and 14 officers to grade 21. In the Foreign Service, 12 officers were promoted to grade 20 and six into grade 21.
From the Secretariat Group, 17 officers were promoted to grade 20 and 11 in grade 21.
In the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Inland Revenue department, 53 officers made it to grade 20, while 13 were promoted to grade 21.
At least 20 officers from Customs group were promoted to grade 20 and six to grade 21.
From Audit and Accounts, 15 officers were promoted to grade 15 and 22 were promoted to grade 20. In the Information group, eight officers were promoted to grade 20 and one officer made it to grade 21.
Six officers from the Inter-Services Intelligence have been promoted to the post of deputy director general (DIS) in grade 20 and one officer has made it to the post of director general (DIS) in grade 21.
Officers of other cadres including Railways, Commerce and Trade, Economist group, Pakistan Public Works Department, Board of Investment, doctors working in federal government hospitals, the Statistics Division, Military Land and Cantonments and other professional cadres have also been promoted.
According to the Establishment Division, the Prime Minister has deferred the promotions of 90 officers of different cadres, including PAS, PSP, Audit and Accounts Service, Inland Revenue, Customs group and others.
The deferred promotions include: three PSP officers deferred for grade 21 and six for grade 20; seven PAS officers deferred for grade 21 and 6 for grade 20; six Secretariat group officers each for Grade 20 and 21; three Inland Revenue for grade 21 and six for grade 20, three Customs group officers for grade 21 and six for grade 20; four Audit and Accounts service officers for grade 21 and four for grade 20; and one Information Group officer for grade 21.
The rest of the officers are from the defence ministry, Capital Administration and Development Division, Railways, Board of Investment, Commerce and Trade group, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources.
Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2017
