KARACHI: Government of Pakistan (Cabinet Secretariat) has notified promotion of 07 Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) officers of BS-20 into BS21.
The promoted officers include Asghar Khan, Muhammad Sadiq, Abdul Qadir Memon, Asif Saeed, Ali Raza, Imran Mehmand and Saeed Jadoon.
The promotions of BS-19 officers into BS-20 are likely to be announced in a couple of days.
High Power Board (HPB) is delayed by a year now. Because of the delayed HPB, there is severe uncertainty in the bureaucracy because several senior officers are to be retired without their due promotions. Nine federal secretaries (BS-22) are retiring in December 2021.
Sources said the Prime Minister deliberately delayed the HPB meeting. Few officers are promoted in BS-21 and BS-22, but there is a long line of officers behind these officers. And the government had to create posts to accommodate newly
PTI government aims to decrease the number of CSPs by 20% in PSP, PCS, IRS and PAS, and focus more on field officers/officials.