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Ministers’ performance
Kadar Khan
PM Gilani talking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting hinted that
reassessment of performance of ministers has been underway. He said,
“Now the right man would be assigned to the right job” It is almost
comical after 15 months of governance Prime Minister is struggling
to find ways to evaluate their performance obviously excluding
himself! One can not help but ask what they do all day? How they
spend their time knowing that people are rolling in dust and misery
outside their offices. National assembly website should post and
update performance of these ministers on monthly basis.
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Clash of service groups
Altaf Hussain Qureshi
This is with reference to a news reported in national daily that a
District Management Group (DMG) officer of BS-20 that too of much
junior batch (17th common pertaining to 1983) has been posted as
Ambassador of a country such as France. What more disgusting is that
in the present set up of French legation a BS-21 officer of Foreign
Service (FS) will be serving under his junior? This posting has thus
caused besides unrest in the FS service group, gave shattering blow
to merit, seniority and established protocols of service structure.
The FS like DMG is a specialized cadre, whereby officers selected
through the combined competitive examination are allotted ‘foreign
services group’ on the basis of merit and aptitude; investigated
through psychological test etc. Thereafter selected probationers go
through specialized training and learn foreign languages and have to
undergo/ experience table work in the foreign office before going
for the assignments abroad. Therefore, as FS group having difference
orientation and training can not opt for the DMG service the
latter’s appointment vice versa in FS is against the basic norms of
service.
The placement of DMG officer against the FS post on the one hand has
created disgruntlement in the FS group which will ultimately reflect
adversely on the overall working structure and the quality of
service and on the other hand create a bad precedent for times to
come. If the government is desirous of inducting people from other
departments than better mode is to call for applications of eligible
contenders and after interviewing them suitable may be imparted
specialized training and only then they may be placed at the
disposal of the organization they intend to serve.
However, this is not the solitary case where juniors of other
services have been posted against senior and highly specialized
posts in the federal government as well as provincial governments on
political recommendations. I hope the authorities concerned must try
to understand the enduring harm they will be inflicting to the
institutions, while bypassing the established rules and procedures
which clearly approve within group seniority, merit and fitness of a
person in specific job as a prerequisite for a posting. The
nomination of an officer of non-diplomatic group as an ambassador of
a country is definitely not in the interest of organization he has
been sent serve let alone the country. I hope the authorities
concerned will rescind this out of the way and uncalled for decision
having drastic demoralizing effect on services at the earliest.
Hyderabad
Malpractices in BISE?
Aftab Jan
If one goes through the ancient ,medieval and modern histories he
will draw a solid conclusion that in the development of .nations the
role of education and especially quality education. is one of the
basic element Mind is the man or he is what he thinks. But what is
going on in this country and esp. this fissiparous province i.e.
NWFP regarding education, conduction of examinations and marking of
papers beggars description. We are living in 21st century, the
century of ultra-modernism, rationalism and enlightenment but the
ill-fated Pushdown is still entangled in the merciless tentacle of
appalling obscurantism ,wild favoritism at the expense of common
interest,.Once there was a time BISE Peshawar was a good model for
conducting of examinations and marking of papers for other Boards of
Pakistan but alas! today it is at the lowest ebbs. Why? When
meritocracy is replaced by favouritocracy and mine & thine ,become
the dictum , the result will be shaking of the very foundation of
the institution. What happened this year that those who were
disqualified from examinations’ duties and paper marking due to
their spotted record were allowed to conduct Exams and mark the
papers .In Intermediate (A) Examination2009- many such marking
disqualified, ill-qualified and unqualified sub-examiners were
allowed to play havoc with the future of students of this war-torn
province .For ready reference, in Intermediate Stat papers-marking
disqualified sub-examiners were allowed to mark the papers.
Similarly, in Civics papers school teachers and six months lecturers
were allowed to mark the papers which is a flagrant disregard of the
rules and regulations of the Board. Moreover, in science papers
(esp. Physics) teacher from a school (Islamia Collegiate School)was
invited to mark the papers.
The question here is that when one is disqualified or unqualified,
there will be some well grounded reasons. In spite of that if
someone( among such persons) are allowed then one can say something
is wrong in the state of Denmark. Such gruesome violations of the
rules & regulations of the Board and dishonesty on the part of
concerned officials not only tarnish the image of the institution in
public but give momentum to malpractices and justification for
malfeasance and misfeasance. Similarly, in the ongoing B.A/B.Sc
Annual Examination2009 corrupt elements of school cadre have been
appointed as superintendents and deputy superintendents. The
personal assistant of the Deputy Controller University of Peshawar
demanded an illegal gratification, both in cash & kinds ,from these
epitome of evil and then gave them letter of appointment. Could
someone expect a fair conduction of examination from these
personification of evils & anomalies.? Furthermore, could
subordinate do so without the tacit approval of his boss?
In the end, I would wish there may be some one at the helm of
authority to make honest probe into the matter and take austere
action against the malpractices going on in the examination
departments of both of BISE Peshawar and University of Peshawar.
Charsadda
Quaid’s pictures in the presidency
Adnan Gill
It is often said a picture is worth a thousand words. Recently, a
major English daily published a photo of the President and Prime
Minister posing with the victorious cricket team in the President
House. In the background, portraits of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir
Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were clearly
visible. The Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar blitzed the
paper for daring to question why Quaid’s picture was missing? He
labeled them as ‘frustrated Bhutto-haters’. My question to Mr. Babar
is: by what legal or moral authority the picture of PPP chairman was
displayed in the Presidency? I hope his answer will include at least
one of the following:
Bilawal is or was a President or a Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Bilawal was one of the founders of Pakistan. Bilawal’s outstanding
contribution to science, culture, politics, or humanity has put
Pakistan on the world map. In similar terms as the internationally
recognized giants like Nelson Mandela or Einstein did for the
humanity. PPP owns Pakistan, or at minimum, Pakistan owes to Bilawal.
Bilawal maybe an asset to Bhutto/Zardari dynasty or to the PPP, but
I suspect rest of the nation probably doesn’t share their gratitude
or optimism in his leadership. How about presidential apologists
hold their attacks till, Bilawal first moves to Pakistan, learns
Urdu and runs for the Presidency or Premiership? Till then they
should allow the Presidency to be a nonpartisan national
institution. Los Angeles
The Revenue Patwari
Gangly Khan
Revenue Patwaries of Mandi Bahauddin district are masters of their
own. They change and make new entries in revenue records illegally
and fraudulently for the benefits of those who bribe them. They,
being public servants knowingly disobey directions of law with
intend to defraud peasants with small land holding. They act like
despots and have no fear of their superiors. Procedure of lodging
complaint against patwaries is very lengthy and time consuming.
Grieved ones present complaints to DO ® in person. DO ® endorses
remarks on one top corner of application like “DDO ® to report.
Applicants go to DDO ® office and wait for the availability of DDO
®. In many cases it takes one to two weeks to produce application
before DDO ®. He again endorses direction to Tehsildar to make
report on the application. The applicant then moves to the office of
Tehsildar. Tehsildar again write down on the application “Qanongo to
report on the matter”.
Qanongo similarly directs Patwari to prepare report on the
application. Finally, the applicant hands over the application to
Patwari who even does not acknowledge receipt of application in
writing. Patwari takes his own time to prepare report.
In case patwari is kind to make report on application, the applicant
then take it back to Tehsildar, DDO ( R ) and DO ( R ). I, being
once victim of Patwari’s fraud, filed application to DO ®. After lot
of efforts, it took me two years to obtain patwari report on my
application and then moving it back through proper channel to DO ®.
In my opinion if members of revenue staff perform their duties
honestly, number of civil and criminal cases will reduce.
Consequently judicial official working in courts will fall surplus.
Therefore instead of increasing number of courts, the government is
suggested to exercise checks against fraudulent entries being made
by revenue staff. Because, fraudulent entries made in revenue
records are the main causes of fighting amongst the land owners and
civil litigation. Chief Minister is requested to take notice of
criminal attitude of revenue officials in order to protect land
owners from suffering losses at the hands of revenue staff.
