Pakistan Pursues Civil Service Restructuring Amid Decades of Reform Attempts

Restructuring CSS

SINCE 1947, approximately 40 commissions, committees and taskforces have attempted to reform Pakistan’s civil service, and the core themes have been remarkably similar: merit over seniority, competitive pay to reduce corruption, better mid-career training, and curbing the dominance of the elite generalist cadre over specialist services. Despite these efforts, bureaucracy has proved stubbornly resistant to change. This is even more urgent amid the current debate on creating new provinces or ad...

By [email protected] (Saeed Ahmed)