LAHORE: The Punjab chief minister on Sunday banned all kinds of transfers and postings in the province with immediate effect due to what insiders said the ever-increasing political pressure for seeking such favours.

“Those who had managed transfers and postings of government officials at the outset were now seeking more favours. And the ban has been imposed to tackle them,” a source in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat said.

According to a letter signed by Usman Buzdar’s principal secretary on Sunday and a copy of which was obtained by Dawn, the ban would continue till further orders.

The top priority assignment order said that in case of any posting or transfer, which is required to be made on extreme hardship/compassionate or administrative grounds, prior approval would be sought from the chief minister through summary containing details of the tenure of the officer and vacancy position, etc.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2019