PM directs postal service to improve performance

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the countrys postal services to provide speedy, efficient and better services to the people. Chairing a briefing of the Pakistan Post to review its performance and future plans at the Postal Staff College, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry to ensure delivery of cost-effective, client-responsive postal service to the people. Gilani directed the postal department to up-grade and modernize its infrastructure and office environment, compete with the private sector and re-engineer its business procedures by integrating automation in running the organization. He emphasized the importance of institutional development and urged the functionaries to reorganize and professionalize the department to come up to peoples expectations by adopting best practices of efficient management and taking measures for better marketing, product development and service delivery. The PM said that the range and delivery of postal service be upgraded by focusing on express mail delivery system to match private couriers in terms of time and cost efficiency. He appreciated the Pakistan Post for carrying out schemes like saving bank services, payment to pensioners, life insurance, payment of money orders under Benazir Income Support Program and Food Scheme by relying on their existing institutional facilities. However, the Prime Minister said the Ministry should further improve efficient delivery of services for early realization of the stated objectives of these schemes.