Bullied bureaucrats
“IF we are happy in a dream, does that count?” This sentence from Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things by is apt when it comes to the PTI-led dream.…
Bureaucrats have rights too
THE government has started blaming the bureaucracy for obstructing its measures. Unless it secures a fair balance in the politician-bureaucrat relationship it will be able to neither achieve administrative efficiency…
‘Where have all the good bureaucrats gone’
Recently, a parliamentary committee had occasion to bemoan the falling standards of the civil service. Speaker after speaker wistfully recalled the days when the best and the brightest competed for…
Teachers & bureaucrats
“The education department, believe me, is much more corrupt than the police department.” This is how one teacher put it in a conversation we were recently having about problems public…
Bureaucrats or courtiers?
UNTIL some years ago, one reason for joining government service rather than the more paying private sector was that young men wanted the selfrespect and security that a government job…
Bureaucrats on contract
The Supreme Court has at last declared the rehiring of retired bureaucrats on contract as unconstitutional and has directed the government to relieve all such employees. This is a good…
University teachers to boycott classes across Sindh from today
Teachers representing the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (Fapuasa) on Wednesday announced that they would suspend teaching activities on all campuses across the province from Thursday (today)…
Reforming the civil service
BUREAUCRATIC reforms have become essential, as a critical constraint today on the effective functioning of government is the budgetary and business cost of its overextended mandate. Bureaucrats claim to be…
Beyond personality disorders
WHAT is the source of Pakistan’s political instability? The answer varies depending on who one asks and what their political affiliation may be. But there is one thing that everyone…
Shehbaz Sharif: expectations and limitations
The word ‘Shehbaz’ literally means a high flying bird. Therefore, the launch of a five-year economic programme with the meaningful title of ‘Uraan Pakistan’ speaks volumes about Shehbaz’s desire to…
