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Bureaucracy

‘Perfect’ Bureaucracy 

The Government can make decision-making transparent and make the bureaucracy responsible for the decisions taken by them, including decisions for not taking a decision. Another necessary reform could be streamlining the convoluted procedure to book delinquent officers, that makes action against bureaucrats virtually impossible. This would put the fear of God in bureaucrats, particularly lower-level functionaries, who are the first point of contact for citizens

Old elites’ losses have been PTI’s gains

A bridge not linked to any road gets one nowhere. Pakistan’s stagnant politics resembles one even if it is now in uncharted terrain, with huge turmoil upending old political patterns. However, big political transitions follow the deep societal change.

Need for recruitment reforms

Union Public Service Commission, responsible for the employment and selection of civil servants, must adopt a holistic system to judge intellectual, administrative, and behavioural characteristics of an individual.