The controversy which started from President Arif Alvi’s tweet regarding the ‘dubious’ assent to two bills transformed into a crisis after it emerged that bureaucrats were hesitant to be posted to the Presidency.
The president is said to be facing a virtual “revolt-like situation” as senior bureaucrats were unwilling to take up the post of the president’s principal secretary (PS), sources said on Tuesday.
The atmosphere in the Presidency has become so tense that no officer was ready to become the president’s PS, the source added.
The reluctance among the bureaucrats became apparent after the refusal of Humera Ahmed to be posted as the president’s PS.
On Monday, President Alvi returned the services of Mr Ahmed and requested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to post Ms Ahmed in his place.
There is also a sense of anger and anxiousness among bureaucrats over the president’s move to replace his PS, Waqar Ahmed. They believe he “was made a scapegoat” by the president for not returning the two bills within the prescribed period of ten days
Meanwhile, the PMO also seems to be turning a deaf ear to the president’s request regarding the change of his principal secretary.