ISLAMABAD: Five civil servants were given awards in recognition of their excellent work, integrity and contribution towards improving service delivery.

Dr Vivek Anand, district surveillance officer, Omer Saeed, city police officer (CPO) Faisalabad, Ghulam Ali Mallah, secretary, Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), Samina Altaf, chairperson, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Kohat, Dr Shair Zaman, endocrinologist Bolan Medical Hospital, Quetta were crowned at the annual award ceremony of the Integrity Icon Campaign.

According to a statement, this is an annual campaign to celebrate the most honest and hardworking government employees from all over the country.

The Integrity Icon campaign has completed its seven years in Pakistan and this time the campaign received more than 100 entries, which were examined by a jury comprising of the most capable and credible professionals from civil service, academia and civil society. Every year, five icons are honoured and celebrated for their public service spirit and honest work.

What else could be the greatest satisfaction when you are responsible to serve the citizens and they feel satisfied that you are always there to bring some kind of hope, some kind of relief, some kind of justice and some kind of equality into their lives,” said Waqar Ahmed, secretary to the president, who was chief guest of the ceremony on Wednesday.

Article originally published in Dawn