Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan while stressing the need of strengthening and capacity building of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission (PSC) has said that all the required resources including human resource and financial resource would be provided for the purposes on priority basis.
He has said that Public Service Commission being the only constitutional and reliable body for induction of quality human resource in the provincial civil services, needs to be strengthened on modern lines to bring in more transparency and efficiency in its induction process and to enable it effectively manage the ever increasing need of recruitments against various categories of civil service.
He was chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee constituted to strengthen the PSC by introducing structural reforms in it, held here. The meeting was given detailed briefing on the overall performance, organizational structure, recruitment process, issues and other matters of the PSC.
It was decided in the meeting to evolve a mechanism to minimize the lengthy time period involved in the recruitment process to the minimum possible extent, enhance the working capacity of the PSC and if needed increase the existing strength of the members; and the Cabinet Committee was directed to submit concrete and workable recommendations to this effect within one month time period. In order to make the recommendations of the committee more relevant and effective it was decided to include Special Assistant to CM on Higher Education, Secretary Finance and Secretary Establishment as member in the committee.
It was pointed out on the occasion that one reason for delay in recruitment process of the PSC was late submission of requisitions by administrative departments as well. The chair directed the administrative heads of the entire department to ensure timely submission of requisitions to the commission for hiring in their respective departments. He further directed the departments to ensure that requisitions sent to the PSC are flawless in all respects so that the same could not be returned by the PSC on the ground of observations and thus unnecessary delay in hiring process could be avoided.
Stressing the need of the effective and maximum use of Information Technology in the hiring process of the PSC, the Chief Minister directed the relevant authorities to hire the services and expertise of KP Information Technology Board. He also directed the finance department to ensure timely release of the PSC budget and to provide all the required financial resources to make it financially sound.
Mahmood khan expressed the resolve that KP Public Service Commission and Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) of the provincial government would be so strengthened that there would be no need of private recruitment agencies for the provincial government.
