Dr. Zainab Hasan

All things Public Health,Primary & Preventive Care,Epidemiology,Research,Med Edu
Humanist,Moderate,Non-Partisan
Lets make the🗺️a better place;Live and let live

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@omar_quraishi Mostly stopping other cars so one can park also stop them so one can reverse out. People have no patience. And moving away cars blocking a perfect spot or cars that block Ur parked car.....a very common occurrence amidst the huge number of cars on roads and commercial areas.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@omar_quraishi This is a mafia, they start abusing, blocking car even climbing and hitting car. One can get rid of with 20-30 Rs. Only in cantonment they give day slip. He will need to get rid of them or assign contract as practiced some yrs ago.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@DrSueTariq Accountability,Responsibility, Integrity??What are these words? In islamic jumhoria Pakistan,if there cud b just a tiny bit of khauf E khuda, one will not be negligent. I wish we recorded all Friday sermons and identify wht the hell is being said if not basic tenets of religion.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@ReplyTariq Currently this is super true for Center. Totally reinventing everything as if no work was ever done by predecessors. Unfortunately,being led by non experts and inexperienced. Aside from obvious $ gains, hate for predecessors is blinding, neither acknowleding nor building on.

[omar r quraishi @omar_quraishi]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had constituted two committees on civil service reforms, which have held 18 meetings since September 2024 and reached consensus on 43 of 46 recommendations.

The proposed new professional cadres include HR, Law, Engine­ering, Science and Technology, IT and Telecom, Energy, Climate, Agriculture and Forestry, Education and Health groups.

The Establishment Division wou­ld be converted into a Human Reso­urce and Organisation Development Division, while federal decision-making would be reduced from five tiers to three.

Under the proposed National Executive Service (NES) structure, posts in BS-20 and above would be filled through open competition on five-year contracts against published performance targets, with serving officers, private-sector professionals and academics competing on equal terms. The Police Service and Foreign Service would remain outside the NES.

It also proposes piloting performance-linked pay in the federal secretariat and a retirement package comprising a Rs5 million lump sum funded through monthly deductions, along with subsidised health insurance.

The new policy also draws on Pakistan Army human resource practices, proposing replacement of the one-day viva voce with a multi-day competency-based assessment on the pattern of ISSB.

The model emphasises psychometric, emotional intelligence and leadership assessments at recruitment, placement on the principle of the “right person for the right job”, specialised training and multi-tier performance evaluation.

It also draws on the army’s structured promotion system, under which progression becomes increasingly selective at senior ranks and promotion decisions are made collectively by boards on prescribed criteria rather than individual discretion.

A key shift under the proposed system is recruitment according to specialisation, ending the existing arrangement under which officers can be allocated to fields they have never studied.

The CSS examination itself would not be abolished. Candidates would have the option of attempting five compulsory papers — Essay, Précis and Composition, Islamiat, Pakistan Studies and Current Affairs — in Urdu, while functional proficiency in English would remain a screening requirement.

The preliminary test threshold would be raised from 33pc to 40pc, with analytical reasoning added and negative marking removed.

The package also proposes published assessment criteria, full digitisation and reduction of the recruitment cycle to six months or less, alongside affirmative measures to fill unfilled quota seats for Balochistan, Sindh, minorities and women.

The performance system would also be recast, with every ministry entering into an annual performance agreement with the prime minister and individual targets flowing from it.

Officials would be evaluated twice a year, while 5pc of employee-related expenditure would be earmarked for performance-based honoraria.

The National Management Course would be shortened from 18 weeks to 10, while existing national and specialised training institutions would be merged into a National University of Public Administration.

No constitutional amendment would be required for the package. Following approval, an implementation committee would oversee execution, report monthly to the prime minister and target full implementation within 120 days.

Via Dawn

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@omar_quraishi They pull up account, verify info even do biometric, then some manager does verification sign 🤯 who barely eyeballs.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@DrSueTariq 🤗 there's a bright side to this-- if not spelt right, legally it's not you. Those who matter will make the effort to spell correctly.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@shazbkhanzdaGEO The key problem is"proving" the mental,emotional,verbal & economic abuse!!!! Unless thrs visible marks of IPC or very loud vocal fights for which neighbours state on oath, judges will not take it as evidence. Woman is left to proof the monetary status of husband too.

[SenatorSherryRehman @sherryrehman]

Look at the state of this children’s ward at PIMs. Totally gutted. People had to break windows and jump out. Emergency gate was closed, fire equipment not working, medical staff not present.
Terrible tragedy. Criminal negligence all round in this public hospital of the federal capital.
No one has voluntarily resigned. Shameful !
Nayyar Bokhari and I were totally shaken by the state of the children’s side of the hospital.
The federal health ministry should have ceased to exist by now after devolution but no, this is how it limps on claiming more and more public money.
@PPP_Org is available for assistance and aid.
Chairman @BBhuttoZardari was the first to take notice of it.
Hearts go out to the families who lost their loved ones. 💔
Life will never be the same again for those bereaved parents. All prayers for them.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@MALIK1703 @Fahdhusain Religion remains the Ace card for every stupidity and failure!!! Pin it on Qadr, hide behind choice interpretation of Quran and stay incompetent. Allah is the ultimate saviour.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@Fahdhusain Blaming AC blast is a shameful band aid.Knowing cause is no success.Accidents happen, deaths can be prevented with fire safety standards & evacuation plan. Question is "were standards met,was thr a plan,why not executed?". Preparation prevent such outcome from accidents.

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

Lacke of Evidence is the major roadblock to conviction in Pakistan. An honest professional MLO exam report and post-mortem can totally change this. How a "One Woman Army" in Pakistan is doing precisely this. Let the dead talk.
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[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

A very sad decision for those who need help the most https://t.co/JHOjLIRR7k

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

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[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@DanQayyum Wow!!! You just did a cutthroat expose of CBS, the narrative, the agendas. Superb!

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@DanQayyum Spot on. 🇵🇰 Has taken panga, using every Jugaar to fix thr Keera. Takalluf we don't do, mehman Nawaz we r, sharam they shud HV.Koye baat nahin,hamein koye farq Nahin parta log kya kaheingay.Chal theek hai abhee aatay hein paanch min mein.Acha chalo Allah malik Hai,sab khair hogi

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@Darkdarling00 19 😬

[Dr. Zainab Hasan @DrZainabHasan]

@DanQayyum One of the best, comprehensive, factual, positive, from the ❤️ piece of writing I HV ever read on Pakistan esp in past 25 yrs. HV shared far and wide esp my international acquaintances. Congratulations 👏🎉

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

Overwhelmed. Genuinely. The messages, the shares, the people reaching out from places I did not expect. Thank you.

I have not done anything special here. I just put into words what we have all felt. With the world's attention on Pakistan this week, it felt important to set the record straight. Who we are and who we are not.

What I think gets missed in conversations about Pakistan is that despite the incredible diversity, the languages, the provinces, the traditions, we have managed to forge a national identity that is distinctly and unapologetically our own. That deserves to be named and taken pride in.

I am as Pakistani as they come. I have lived and breathed everything in that piece. At the same time, I've grown up and have spent most of my life outside Pakistan, working in international media, I know how to write for those audiences. That combination is probably why the piece lands. I know the country from the inside. I know how to explain it to the outside. This piece was the bridge.

Thank you for crossing it with me.