Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government stops officials from sharing information about its matters on social media . It also said officials required its prior permission to participate in any media activity . Rule was inserted into the Government Servants Conduct Rules through an amendment in .
The establishment department informed the administrative secretaries commissioners deputy commissioners and heads of the attached departments through a letter . A senior official of the establishment department told Dawn that the order covered only personal social media accounts of the officials .
He said many civil servants had Facebook and Twitter accounts posting messages about their official duties and looking for followers . Convener of the All Pakistan PMS Officers Association Fahd Ikram Qazi said the instructions had jumbled up too many issues creating misunderstandings and confusion among civil servants.
He said the practice is amoral and has negative optics for the people who are being served. There requires much more than this confused cocktail of instructions he said. The move is needed to be properly addressed. This practice is not amoral. It needs to be addressed, he said, but it would restrict some government officials who support political parties on their social media to get close to them to avoid abuse.
It is not necessary for departments and district administration to regularly post their activities for the information of all but that too was a doubleedged sword. It would restrict officials who supported political parties. It will restrict some of the social media.
It may restrict some officials supporting political parties to get closer to them. It could restrict officials. It does not allow them to get near to them, he says. It’s necessary. It should restrict them. They may be allowed to have social media, he added.
It has not allow for them to be close to people.
