Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Iftikhar Gillani on Wednesday directed the bureaucracy to gear up for implementation of the government’s 100-day reform agenda. He’s mostly concerned with structural changes that will lighten the load on the common man and open new doors. Gillani said this at his first meeting with government secretaries at the Prime Minister Secretariat.
Main Highlights
- PM Gillani asks bureaucracy to implement 100-day reform plan
- Government to build skills programs on demand, youth engagement
- Transport, health and unemployment relief are priority areas
- PM briefed on Services and General Administration Dept, police organizational structure
PM says performance of government must be visible on the ground
Gillani addressed the secretaries and said that his government was formed to serve the people and its performance would be judged by what is actually visible on the ground. “Our priority is to reform the system, to create ease for the common man and create new opportunities,” he said. He said his government would work through the challenges facing the state in cooperation with the bureaucracy.
Gillani said that the administrative machinery has a real responsibility to translate the government policy into tangible results. He stressed the need to work together to achieve that. The efficiency, commitment, and sense of responsibility of the administrative machinery are, to a large extent, the making or breaking of any government. “I expect the AJK bureaucracy to work with dedication and a sense of urgency to implement the reform agenda in letter and spirit,” he added.
He pledged that the government would back officials with the support they need to enact meaningful reforms and improve public service delivery.
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Unemployment and Public Services Are Key Priorities
“Unemployment is a major challenge facing the state,” Gillani said. He said that plans are underway to launch a youth engagement program and demand-based skills development programs in the social sector, which will provide more concrete pathways for young people to get employment.
He also promised to improve transport and health services, saying the government would take priority measures to ease people’s day-to-day difficulties in these areas. These sectors have an outsize effect on citizens’ experience of government performance and are therefore a logical starting point for a reform agenda meant to produce quick, visible results.
A Reform Push Backed By Party Leadership
Gillani said the government was still committed to converting its reform program into practical action which people can see and feel. He linked the 100-day agenda with something bigger, saying it reflects the seriousness of the party’s central leadership toward the development of AJK.
Gillani was also separately briefed by Chief Secretary Khushal Khan and Inspector General of Police (retired) Captain Liaqat Ali Malik during his visit to the secretariat. The IGP briefed him on the structure of the police department, its current performance, future needs and overall law and order situation across the territory, while Khan briefed him on the organizational structure of the Services and General Administration Department.
Earlier in the day, Gillani was received at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat by his principal secretary, secretariat officers, and staff, marking his first formal contact with the administrative machinery he will now have to use to carry out this reform push.
