BY : ANI Correspondent,
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has finalised a comprehensive restructuring plan for Pakistan's civil service, proposing 11 specialised professional cadres, changes to the CSS examination system and a new mechanism for senior-level appointments and promotions.
The proposed reforms were discussed at a consultative session chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal in Islamabad. The package aims to reform recruitment, training, career progression, performance evaluation and the institutional structure of the federal bureaucracy.
Under the proposed system, professional cadres would include areas such as law, engineering, science and technology, IT and telecommunications, energy, climate, agriculture and forestry, education and health.
The proposed National Executive Service would allow serving government officers, academics and private-sector professionals to compete for posts in BS-20 and above through open competition. Appointments would be made on five-year contracts against published performance targets, while the Police Service and Foreign Service would remain outside the proposed structure.
The government also plans to reduce federal decision-making from five tiers to three and introduce performance-linked financial rewards. Officials would be evaluated twice a year under the proposed system.
The reforms are estimated to cost around Rs11 billion to implement. The government has said an implementation committee would oversee the process following approval, with full implementation targeted within 120 days.
