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Pakistani Bureaucracy: Crisis of Governance and Prospects of Reform

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  • Saeed Shafqat

    (Civil Services Academy, Walton, Lahore.)

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This paper is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of literature on how the role and assessment of bureaucracy in the Third World in general and Pakistan in particular has undergone change. The second part examines the changing socioeconomic profile and corresponding attitudinal changes if any, in Pakistan’s bureaucracy. The third part provides guidelines for possible reform in Pakistan’s federal bureaucracy.

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  • Saeed Shafqat, 1999. "Pakistani Bureaucracy: Crisis of Governance and Prospects of Reform," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 38(4), pages 995-1017.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:38:y:1999:i:4:p:995-1017
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    1. Ayesha Shoukat, 2020. "From Rags to Riches: Corporate Elite of Pakistan from 1947-1970," Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 7(1), pages 8-16.
    2. Ali Cheema & Asad Sayeed, 2006. "Bureaucracy and Pro-poor Change," PIDE-Working Papers 2006:3, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    3. Syed Toqueer Akhter & Fahad Manzoor, 2015. "Openness of Economy, Foreign Investment Inflows and the Phenomenon of Rent Seeking Corruption," Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, Eurasian Publications, vol. 3(3), pages 45-64.
    4. Manzoor Ahmed & Khalid Khan, 2014. "An Essay on the Political Economy of Fiscal Policy Making in Pakistan," International Journal of Business, Economics and Management, Conscientia Beam, vol. 1(9), pages 229-241.
    5. Imran Sharif Chaudhry & Shahnawaz Malik & Asma Imran, 2006. "Urban Poverty and Governance: The Case of Multan City," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 45(4), pages 819-830.
    6. Musharraf Rasool Cyan, 2006. "Main Issues for Setting the Civil Service Reform Agenda in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 45(4), pages 1241-1254.
    7. Ali Cheema & Asad Sayeed, 2006. "Bureaucracy and Pro-poor Change," Governance Working Papers 22186, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.

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