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…
Pakistan’s civil service dilemma
By the time you finish reading this article, the veil shrouding Pakistan’s administrative ineptitude will be lifted, revealing the true architects of the nation’s woes – the District Management Group…
Governance reforms anchored in civil service reforms–II
Compensation structure Civil servants complain about commitment and performance demotivation because their compensation structure compares unfavourably with those in the private sector with similar degree of responsibility and scale and…
Civil service reforms
The Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood, in his capacity as head of the cabinet committee on institutional reforms, announced this week major reforms in the Civil…
Of civil services reform
IN an article contributed to a publication of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Dr Ishrat Husain has thrown considerable light on the objectives and scope of the civil services reform undertaken…
The myth of civil service
These days many people seem to be hurling unnecessary taunts at government servants, asking them to be thankful that they are still getting paid while more competent and better educated…
Governance, civil service and institutions
The digital warriors have nailed it! It is all about governance. You give us good governance and we will be swinging with the mightiest. Good governance, in turn, is a…
Reengineering the civil service
The room is packed with an eager audience of journalists. Advocate Khurshid Hassan Meer, newly-appointed minister for establishment of the PPP, is presenting his government’s plan for reengineering the country’s…
Civil service reforms that work
The newly-installed PTI government has constituted a task force on civil-service reforms. Over the years our governments have tried a number of times to reform the civil service but for…
