No room for old mindset, system in Naya Pakistan: PM

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday directed the senior police officers and bureaucrats of Punjab to do away with old mindset and system for its incompatibility with the vision of Naya Pakistan and fully focus on safeguarding the common man’s rights. In a meeting with the bureaucrats and senior police officers in Lahore during his day-long visit there, the prime minister instructed them to carry out their duties purely on merit and strictly advised them not to fulfill any illegal demand of any political figure, a PM Office press release said. Special assistants to prime minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari and Barrister Shahzad Akbar, Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Punjab chief secretary and inspector general of Punjab Police also attended the meeting. Congratulating the newly posted officers, the prime minister said up to 1960s, Pakistan had a distinction in the governance, bureaucracy and policies. However, he said Pakistan was currently going through a critical stage which required the economic stability. He said the national economy was getting stable for what he also felicitated his economic team. The prime minister told the meeting that the government had made all the appointments in bureaucracy and … Continue reading No room for old mindset, system in Naya Pakistan: PM