2023
Write short notes on any five of the following:
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Have Pakistan's civil service reforms failed to transform the bureaucracy?
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All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsEvidence (2)Past questions (5)Same themeIs Pakistan's bureaucracy a colonial steel frame or an agent of development?Is Pakistan's governance crisis rooted in weak institutions or in politics?Has Weber's bureaucratic model outlived its usefulness for modern public administration?In short
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- History of reform commissions, why reforms were resisted or stalled, training gaps, and a realistic restructuring agenda
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NCGR recommends promotion on performance rather than seniority-cum-fitness: "Career progression should be based on performance on the job, training outcomes, skill upgradation and demonstration of potential, rather than on seniority-cum-fitness criteria." (2008)National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR), Report on Reforming the Government in Pakistan, Vol. IDirectory Retirement Rules 2020 introduced, then repealed in 2022: Civil Servants (Directory Retirement from Service) Rules, 2020 notified by S.R.O. 320(I)/2020 (15 April 2020); repealed by S.R.O. 698(I)/2022 (30 May 2022), with all actions taken under them "recalled" (2020-2022)Establishment Division, Government of Pakistan (Gazette notifications)
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2023
Provide succinct information on the overall training framework of civil servants in Pakistan. Identify the gaps in delivery and conduct of training programs. Also suggest practical recommendations to improve the training framework of civil services in Pakistan.
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2021
Since the creation of Pakistan, several attempts have been made in reforming the civil service of Pakistan. How do you see these reforms and what major challenges have been identified by various commissions, committees and/or taskforces?
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2016
The government is seized with the objective of implementing civil service reform in order to create a structure that is more efficient and responsive. Suggest how the government should balance its strategy between the effort to improve the personnel as well as the organisation and methods of its government offices.
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2002
Why the recently introduced reforms by the Government of Pakistan are severely criticized by some of the Government Servants, suggest measures for improvement?
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