Minister asks officers to improve performance صوبہ سرحد کے وزیر بہبود آبادی سلیم خان نے افسروں کی کارکردگی پر عدم اطمینان کا اظہارکیا ہے اور انہیں کارکردگی بہتر بنانے کی ہدایت کردی ہے تاکہ ٹاگٹ حاصل کیا جاسکے۔۔

Frontier Post Report PESHAWAR:The NWFP Minister for Population Welfare, Saleem Khan has expressed dissatisfaction over the poor performance of certain district population welfare officers in achieving the set targets of the department and directed them to improve their performance within next five months. "We will take drastic actions against these officers if they did not achieve the set- targets and improve their performance within next five

months," said the Minister while chairing a mid-year performance review meeting of Population Welfare Department in Abbottabad. The meeting, besides other matters related to the department, reviewed in detail the step taken for the implementation of the decisions taken in the last review meeting, the overall performance of the department during the last six months and the individual performance of all district population welfare offices. Secretary Population Welfare, Muzaffar Afridi, Director General Noor Nawaz Khan, all the district population welfare officers (DPWs ) and other concerned authorities attended the meeting. While addressing the meeting, Saleem Khan said that the budget allocated to the department is a secret trust of the public and every single penny of it must be utilized for the welfare of the public, adding the district managers have a vital role in this regard. He urged the DPWs to develop good working relations with their subordinates and monitor the work of their field staff in order to improve the overall performance of the department. Saleem Khan directed the high-ups of the department to formulate a scientific system of monitoring the attendance in district offices and an effective mechanism of evaluating their performance and submit him monthly report in this regard. The meeting also reviewed progress on the Reproductive Health Service Centers (RHSCs) being established in Shangla, D.I.Khan, Chitral and Swabi. On this occasion, Saleem Khan informed that every year an award ceremony would be held in which individual with good performance will be awarded with shields, commendation certificates and cash prizes.