Ex CS stresses on civil servants to apply skills imparted at NIM for better service delivery.

PESHAWAR -- Former Chief Secretary Khyber Pakthunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan here Friday said the world around us is changing fast with an exponential speed and the civil servants are required to cope with these challenges through application of the skills, which are being imparted during their professional courses.

'If the civil servants are unable to translate the gains of the training to practical application in public service delivery, then, I believe this whole effort would be wasted,' he said while addressing officers of 26th Senior Management Course on the occasion of their graduation ceremony here at National Institute of Management, (NIM) Peshawar.

He said since civil servants are at the forefront in public service delivery, therefore, there is a dire need of having a well trained human resource which, in turn, will play crucial role in the socio-economic development of the country.

Azam further stated that there is renewed focus on the capacity building of public servants and urged the course participants to follow the advice of the Founder of the Nation, Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and remain above politics and political affiliations.

For a progressive society and forward looking nation, he said, the civil servants will have to adhere to the principles of fair play, transparency, meritocracy and the rule of law. He congratulated the participants on...