LAHORE, Aug 14: For the first time in the history of Punjab, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave commendation certificates and cash prizes to 63 civil and police officials of various ranks for their outstanding service at the Civil Secretariat here on Sunday.
Chief Secretary Nasir Khosa, IGP Javaid Iqbal and administrative secretaries of all departments were present during the award giving ceremony.
All the 63 officials belonged to the S&GAD, police, finance, communication, irrigation, housing, local government and industries department and they were given Rs50,000 each as cash prize.
The chief minister said the new tradition set by his government would encourage the officials showing their best, and serve as an incentive for those lagging behind, motivating them to also prove their mettle.
He said he highly valued those officials who took keen interest in rendering public service and completion of public welfare projects. He said his government would fully patronize them.
Mr Shahbaz said that civil servants would have to vow on the occasion of the Independence Day that they would come up to such expectations of people for which the country was created.
He said the country came into being in the leadership of the Quaid-i-Azam and the people rendered countless sacrifices with the hope that there would be rule of law and provision of equal rights and opportunities of progress for its citizens. “Today we are required to assess as to which extent we have fulfilled the aspirations of the Quaid,” he said.
He said the country stood at a critical juncture, facing the most difficult period of its history. “But the living nations face all difficulties with bravery. Driving the country out of the troubled waters is difficult but not impossible. We will have to vow to put the country to the road to prosperity and progress with hard work and dedication,” he said.
Mr Shahbaz praised the chief secretary for devising the reward and punishment mechanism, and the IGP for his efforts to improve law and order in the province.
He assured the civil servants that the government would continue to patronize them for showing excellent performance and alleviating the sufferings of people.
The chief secretary said under the policy working of all officials was being assessed by a core team. The services of those officials found showing excellent performance would be recognized in three phases.
“Today 63 officials of eight departments are being given cash prizes and certificates whereas those of the remaining departments would be honoured in September and October.The recipients of the cash prizes and certificates are: Secretary Industries Dr Shujat Ali, Commissioner Lahore Jawad Rafique Malik, Commissioner Rawalpindi Zahid Saeed, Commissioner Gujranwala Saeed Iqbal Wahlah, Commissioner Bahawalpur Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad, Lahore DCO Ahad Khan Cheema, Gujranwala DCO Nabeel Ahmad Awan, Rawalpindi DCO Saqib Zafar, Bahawalpur DCO Dr Naeem Rauf, Sahiwal DCO Waqas Ali Mahmood, Focal person of Model Bazaar (WTO Chief) Nasir Rafiq, Secretary (Regulations) Muhammad Ilyas, Gujrat DCO Nawazish Ali, Faisalabad DCO Nasim Sadiq.
Additional Collector (Lahore) Nadir Chatha, Additional Collector (Sheikhupura) Kiran Khurshid, Additional Collector (Rawalpindi) Talat Mahmood, Additional Collector (Attock) Muhammad Abid Khan, Deputy Secretary of Chief Minister`s Secretariat Capt (Retd) Zahid Saleem Gondal, Assistant Commissioner (Sadiqabad) Khalid Mahmood, Assistant Commissioner (Sialkot) Capt (Retd) Abdul Sattar Isani, Assistant Commissioner (Mian Channu) Tariq Manzoor, Assistant Commissioner (Rawalpindi) Saif Anwar Jappa, Assistant Commissioner (Chiniot) Zahid Suhail.
Rahim Yar Khan DPO Sohail Habib Tajik, Rajanpur DPO Sohail Zafar Chatha, Vehari DPO Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, Sargodha DPO Dr Muhammad Rizwan, SP (Investigation) (Gujrat) Muhammad Afzal Virk, SP (Sahiwal) Muhammad Younas Butt, Additional SP (Investigation) Civil Lines (Lahore) Liaquat Ali Malik, Additional SP (Sheikhupura) Irfanullah Khan, DSP Sadar (Faisalabad) Rashid Mehmood Sandhu, Inspector (Rawalpindi) Abdul Rasheed, Inspector (Sargodha) Muhammad Nazir.
Chief Inspector (Finance Department) Muhammad Zubair, District Accounts Officer (Sahiwal) Basit Mehmood, Chief Engineer (C&W) (Due to his invaluable services, he is recommended for posthumous award) late Abrar Sultan, Chief Engineer (Highways South Zone) Khayyam Qaiser, Chief Engineer (Highways North Zone) Hafiz Masood-ur-Rasool, Additional Secretary (Technical) Younas Aziz, Chief SPRU (Irrigation) Asrar-ul-Haq, Superintending Engineer Nilibar Canal (Sahiwal) Sheikh Muhammad Nawaz, Superintending Engineer (Drainage) (Faisalabad) Bashir Ahmad Zahid, XEN (C&W) Habibullah Bodla, Executive Engineer (Faisalabad) Ghulam Murtaza, SDO (Monitoring) (Faisalabad) Shakeel Ahmad, Bahawalpur SDO Shakeel Ahmad, Sub-Engineer (Khanpur) Khadim Hussain.
Director-General of Punjab Housing & Town Planning Shaukat Ali, Director of Local Government Board Muhammad Saleem Nasir, Additional Secretary of Local Government Moazzam Ali Janjua, EDO of Local Government (Gujranwala) Waheed Ahmad Butt, Director (Finance) of Local Government Javed Iqbal Sheikh, PHA (Faisalabad) Ashiq Dogar, Additional Director- General Muhammad Ashraf Janjua, Deputy Secretary of Local Government Muhammad Aslam Khan, Deputy Director of Local Government (Rawalpindi) Raja Zaheer, Additional Director Ahmad Bakhsh, Technical Officer (Shahkot) Muhammad Yaqoob, Architect of City Local Government (Lahore) Shagufta Salamat and Assistant Director of Local Government (Lahore) Muhammad Zaman Watto.
(Daily Dawn)
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