PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has set up district performance monitoring framework (DPMF) to monitor functioning of district governments across the province, according to officials.

They said that the system, designed by reform cell at chief secretary office, would be fed with data from all 26 districts of the province on monthly basis to evaluate the performance of district administration by using more than 50 key performance indicators (KPI) in 11 sectors.

They said that data about deputy commissioner office, municipal service, anti-encroachment activities, polio eradication campaigns, health service, check on quacks and spurious drugs, schools, price control and check on CNG stations, petrol pumps, LPG dealers, factories and adulteration of food items would be fed to the system.

Dr Altamash Janjua, deputy coordinator (technical) at reforms cell of chief secretary office, told Dawn that the new system was aimed at increasing accountability of district administrators and improving government performance.

He said that usually chief secretary held meetings with deputy commissioners every month or two, however, introduction of the new system would replace the paperwork and help in keeping constant check on district administrators across the province.

“Non-performers would stand out in the system and transferred in case their performance does not improve over longer period,” said Dr Altamash.

He said that the system would force district government departments to provide basic facilities to the citizens besides enhancing accountability. “Not only chief secretary himself would be monitoring the working and performance of district administration, but at the same time public can also see the district administration performance,” he said, adding that it was aimed at introducing quantified performance management.

Dr Altamash said that the system would also have indicators for the devolved departments after the elected district nazims would take over. About data verification mechanism, he said that chief secretary inspection team would perform the duty.

Dr Altamash said that officials at all deputy commissioner offices across the province were designated to upload data to the system and also permanent body was likely to be set up to ensure continuity of the system.

Furrukh Atique, the principal staff officer to chief secretary and project head, told Dawn that the new system was tested for about eight months and it was made functional after thorough trials. He said that although the system was functioning, yet it would be formally launched soon.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2015

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