ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced a series of key transfers and postings involving senior administrative officials, issuing formal notifications through the Establishment Division.
Under the new directives, Hamza Farrukh has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Pakistan Climate Change Authority. The appointment has been made on a contract basis for a period of two years.
In a separate bureaucratic shuffle, Munir Ahmed Sheikh, who was serving as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of National Health Services, has been transferred and his services placed at the disposal of the Defence Division as Deputy Secretary.
Additionally, the Establishment Division has officially canceled a previous notification that had posted awaiting-posting officer Natig Hussain Shah as Deputy Secretary in the Defence Division.
KP Govt Decides Action Against Officials Defying Transfer Orders
Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to initiate disciplinary action against officers and officials who continue to work in their previous departments despite transfer orders issued by the Human Resource Management Department.
The Human Resource Management Department has sent a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Tribal Affairs Department and all administrative secretaries, directing them to identify officials who have failed to comply with transfer orders issued under the rotation policy.
According to the letter, some officers and employees have neither relinquished charge of their previous posts nor reported to their new places of posting despite being transferred. Instead, they continue to perform their duties in their former departments.
The department noted that some administrative departments have repeatedly approached the Human Resource Management Department after transfer orders were issued, seeking to retain the concerned officers and employees at their previous posts.
The letter stated that such a practice is inconsistent with the rotation policy and orders issued by the competent authority.
According to the department, the practice is not only undermining the administrative authority of the Human Resource Management Department but is also affecting the implementation of approved transfers and postings.
All administrative departments have been directed to immediately provide lists of officers and employees who have been transferred under the rotation policy or routine transfer orders but are still working in their former departments.
The department said the lists would be used to initiate disciplinary and departmental proceedings against officials who have failed to comply with the transfer orders.
