ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Human Resource Management (HRM) will not compromise on transparency and merit to nominate officers for foreign trainings and all officers will be given equal chance for the training keeping in view their professional ability.
HRM Member Rozi Khan Burki gave his words during an interview with Customs Today, adding that a system of performance management was also on the cards. He said that key performance indicators for the Inland Revenue and Pakistan Customs officers of BS-17 to above will be measured along with performance evaluation reports (PERs) in order to review their overall performance. The final report will be prepared after reviewing performance indicators and PERs.
The department was thinking about how to deal the officers who performed well in a specific field but lacking in others, he said. Saying that if there are six indicators to evaluate the performance but the officer carried out good work only in achieving targets of revenue but remained fail to make audit of assigned cases, detect seizure cases, recover taxes and to settle judicial cases, he added that after measuring all indicators, a report will be made. The strategies will also be made to improve the performance of such officers who were partially performing well.
Burki also said that numbers of suggestions were under consideration and a decision will be taken soon to fairly treat and encourage the best performers.
Internal job posting (IJP) is an important function of the HRM, he said adding that performance allowance of the officers has been suspended if they found guilty during investigations. The allowance was not restored until the suspended officer was reinstated, he said. After restoration, the employee has to clear IJP again.
The member said that the HRM arranged training sessions for the employees, adding that two kind of training i.e. local and foreign training were provided to them. IRS specific and customs specific trainings were arranged for the officers to enhance their performance.
There were some impediments in the process of foreign training, he said, adding that measures were being taken to remove the hurdles and make the system transparent. Earlier, some officers were receiving foreign trainings continuously while others were deprived of it, he said, adding that merit in all terms will be made possible for foreign trainings. The HRM will also review that what kind of training is necessary for the officers.
The officers who were weak in some fields will be sent on the specific training, while refresher courses will be continued to strengthen the abilities of the officers.
