CS’ kitchen cab no more in place

ACS Punjab, home and secretary law gone

After the appointment of new Secretary Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department Akhtar Javed and the removal of former Secretary Ahmed Raza Sarwar, the kitchen cabinet of Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal, who is on two weeks leave, was finally reshuffled the new secretary Law Department has been given two years contract hand MP 1scale.

It was a general perception in the Civil Secretariat that Kamran Ali’s closest confidant was Shaharyar Sultan, his friend from Aitchison’s college days, who held the most important posts, including Secretary Services, Secretary Irrigation Department and later Additional Chief Secretary Punjab. In the second place was Ahmed Raza Sarwar, who was the Secretary Law department besides the Chief Secretary had also assigned him the additional charge of Secretary Prosecution.

The role of Ahmad Raza Sarwar, an officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, became more prominent when Sardar Usman Buzdar’s government in Punjab ended and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hamza Shahbaz became the Chief Minister of Punjab. It is said that Ahmad Raza Sarwar preferred to play into the hands of the government at that time and subjugated the Punjab Assembly, which is an independent legislative body, to the Services and General Administration Department and ended its autonomy.

When he accused the Chief Secretary and attacked the Punjab Police together with the Inspector General of Police and provided assistance to Hamza Shehbaz to become the Chief Minister, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and incumbent CM Ch Parvaiz Elahi also expressed their severe concerns about it. Elahi had said that he would make a lesson to all those who had played in the hands of the then ruling political party.

First of all, Inspector General of Police Sardar Ali Khan was transferred from Punjab, then Additional Chief Secretary Home Department Syed Ali Murtaza was removed. Shaharyar Sultan who was said to be the right-hand man of CS Afzal was also posted as an OSD. The last member was Ahmed Raza Sarwar, now he has also been replaced. The management and administration of Punjab are being run by an officer with an additional charge who himself is holding the most important office of the Chairman Planning and Development Board.

When a senior officer working in the Punjab government was interviewed in this regard, he said that the officers have become a joke in the present era. He also raised questions about the behaviour of his officers. He said that we have generally seen that these officers are found speaking against political interference in private gatherings. He said that the conduct of officers must be to ensure neutrality. integrity and honesty. They represent the state and should protect the people and their interests and not the politician’s interests.

Another officer said the government should take the current set-up as a case study. Why a top official, the Chief Secretary, had to go on extraordinary leave? The bureaucracy should not forget that this is the first time that the top officers have to go home one after the other. Earlier, a non-civil servant occupied the most important position, which is Principal Secretary to CM. If the officers do not fix their issues, they should face the music.

It should be noted that a property typhoon has reportedly physically assaulted the officers of the district administration who were in the line of Duty. This needs to be considered by the bureaucracy. If this is not done, then people will be right to understand that this is a direct disintegration of the social order.