Caretaker Punjab Agriculture, Food and Planning & Development Minister Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan has directed the officers to discharge official duties with honesty, diligence and efficiently, and the doors of public offices should remain open for the redressal of grievances of public.
He expressed these views during his meetings with several delegations of officers from various departments here on Thursday. He told the officers that they have to work round the clock for holding transparent elections as well as solving people's problems. He further said that he will personally pay visits in the field to identify and overcome the short comings in various departments of the ministry.
"It is need of the hour to work together for the improvement of performance of the departments and to take sufficient measures to pave the way for fair and transparent general elections in the province. Besides taking care of government working, holding of fair and transparent elections is top priority of interim government," he added.
The Minister also visited the planning and development department and held a meeting with officers and other staff. He expressed pleasure and appreciated working of the department, terming their performance and attitude quite professional and up to the standards of honesty.