Civil servants
Prime Minister Imran Khan early this week approved the Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020 with a view to ensuring transparent and effective internal accountability of civil servants and…
Overworked civil servants
BACK in my civil service days, one comment by a senior stuck in my head for years. In a moment of candid frustration, the senior civil servant confessed that he…
Civil servants in the dock
THE senior and mid-career civil servants gathered at a lunch all had tales of woe to tell. Their frustration was palpable. It was not just about constant political interference weakening…
Civil servants in limbo
Quite a few recent decisions regarding senior bureaucrats have raised doubts about the federal government’s capacity for a fair management of human resources. First, NADRA’s head was axed in circumstances…
Memo from USA….Civil servants dichotomised
Nawaz Sharif has chosen wisely and well. His top official, according to press reports, will be Nasir Mahmood Khosa. As principal secretary to the prime minister, he will set the…
Conduct of civil servants
The gradual breakdown of law and order in Swat in late 2008 and its total collapse in the early 2009 was until now considered to be the most damning charge…
Civil servants and politics
Queen Elizabeth II visited Whitehall recently to acknowledge the role of civil servants in smooth transition from the Labours government to the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. It was a gesture that…
Civil servants’ behaviour
The PCS (Provincial Civil Service) is a perpetually angry and aggrieved cadre of Pakistan’s civil servants. The roots of their discontent lie in the competitive system of entry into the…
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…
Civil service reform
IN the heart of Vienna lies a flourishing Pakistani restaurant that caters to thousands of tourists and locals. The owner has credited much of the restaurant’s success to an enabling…
