The selection board convenes, Introduction
The selection board convenes, ISLAMABAD, A high-level selection board meeting that will determine whether to promote 52 bureaucrats to grade-22 will be chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the PPP, will also be present at the meeting. It has been almost a year and a half since the high-level selection board meeting. Reliable sources claim that Bilawal has been granted board membership at his request and will be attending for the first time.
In addition, the cabinet division secretary, prime minister’s secretary Asad Rehman Gilani, and defense minister Khawaja Asif will be in attendance. Gilani will excuse himself from the meeting while his elevation is being discussed. Three and a half hours have been allotted by the board for the meeting. Reliable sources claim that Bilawal has been granted board membership at his request and will be attending for the first time. In addition, the cabinet division secretary, prime minister’s secretary Asad Rehman Gilani, and defense minister Khawaja Asif will be in attendance.
Gilani will excuse himself from the meeting while his elevation is being discussed. Although the board has allotted three and a half hours for the meeting, a second meeting will be held in a day or two if the review of all officials cannot be finished in that time. More than 150 officers will be considered for promotions to 52 positions, according to sources. Twenty-nine posts in the Pakistan Administrative Service, eight in the Pakistani Police Service, five in the Secretariat Group, eight in the Foreign Service, two in the Audit and Accounts Group, and one in each of the postal and information groups are among them.