Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday, stressing the need of new initiatives to attract and retain top talent, said that it was vital to focus on investments in the country.
Chairing a high level meeting here, he said, “Businesses want to invest in places where the talent is; where the politics and policies are stable, and where the system works.”
The meeting was aimed on ways to create a more capable workforce that was able to deliver the government’s policy programme effectively, and also was founded on the principles of impartiality and recruitment on merit, PM Office Media Wing said in a press
release Premier Shehbaz Sharif constituted a committee under the chairmanship of finance minister to seek and firm up propositions in the policy to enhance and clarify the work pass framework currently in vogue in ministries to better support Pakistan’s need for talent with the directions to submit its findings at the earliest.
Minister for Finance and Revenue Federal Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Dr. Musadiq Malik, Ahad Cheema, Attaullah Tarar, Sardar Awais Leghari, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Muhammad Jehanzeb, Minister of State Shaza Fatima and high-level officials attended the meeting.
The prime minister said, “Pakistan must build a world-class talent pool because this is an age where talent makes all the difference to a nation’s success.”
The meeting noted a dearth of technical input at policy making levels and emphasized its need, which is imperative if the civil service is to develop new skills, improve its management of big projects and adapt to the demands of a digital age.
