Altaf Hamid Rao.
Muzaffarabad/ MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Terming establishment of a merit based system as his government’s top priority, the Prime Minister Azad Kashmir, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, has said that bureaucracy plays a vital role in policies implementation.While addressing a meeting of the top officials of the government here today, the PM, while terming bureaucracy as an asset for the State, said that the government would take full advantage of the abilities of its officers.He said that it was essentially important that people at the helm of affairs must play their role to take the system forward and contribute towards the development of the State. The PM said that he valued the service of all those who serve the state selflessly. “Whoever is rendering services, whether in uniform or without uniform, I value him”, the PM said.”The government will utilize its all available resources for the development of the state and the prosperity of an ordinary citizens”, the PM said, adding that steps were being taken on a priority basis to raise the standard of living of the common man.The Prime Minister said that no compromise should be made with reference to merit. Terming Azad Kashmir as the defense wall of the country, he said that there was a dire need to strengthen the state that happened to be the country’s first defense line.”If we become weak, what message will go to the other side of the Line of Control?”, he asked.The meeting was attended by the chief secretary, principal secretary, and secretaries of all departments to the government.Reiterating their commitment to serve the state in line with the vision of the prime minister, the top officials of the government on the occasion vowed to work painstakingly for the development of the state, good governance and establishment of merit .
