Planning Minister appreciates performing employees with certificates.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday awarded appreciation certificates to the best-performing employees of the Ministry, reviving the decades-old tradition to encourage the willing workers and spirited employees.

'Objective of the exercise was to recognize, appreciate and improve the working of the ministry which I started in 1999 and continued till 2018, said the Minister while distributing the awards among the best employees on Wednesday.

A total of 21 officials and officers from all the cadres were shortlisted for appreciation certificates.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister noted that the public sector finds it difficult to discipline its employee for many reasons including job security while the private sector has the power of hire and fire which makes it vibrant and more productive than the public sector.

The Minister urged the employees to further improve efficiency for productive output. Work like a mission and do not see office hours as a burden, he remarked. 'Irrespective of any government in power, such an exercise should continue to recognize the services of the employees,' he added.

The Minister hoped to continue such initiatives in the future to...