SAJJAD HOSSAIN

The government is set to expand its advisory team, bringing in a couple of new faces to help ease growing pressure across ministries, as it seeks to speed up decision-making, improve coordination, and push forward its election pledges.

The step comes at a time when officials say the pace of work has slowed in some areas, making it harder for the administration to meet rising public expectations. New advisers are likely to be appointed in the coming days, according to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office familiar with the matter.

Officials said the new appointments are aimed at easing the workload of existing ministers and helping ministries run more smoothly. Before the Eid, several ministries faced delays in taking decisions and carrying out plans, mainly due to overlapping responsibilities among senior officials.

Cabinet sources said many ministers are juggling political and administrative duties simultaneously, which has made it harder to maintain the pace of work expected from the government.

Officials said the pressure has been felt most in areas where ministries must deal with policy work, project supervision, and urgent public-facing decisions at the same time.

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