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Double standards
As they say, promises are the sweetest lies.
Syed Saadat
Reality of reform
The real problem lies in the very composition of the taskforce.
Bullied bureaucrats
Do nothing, say nothing and one would never make any mistake.
The unchangeable?
Civil servants will not accept an outsider as their boss.
‘Secret service’
The bribe culture must be tackled proactively.
Condemned forever
Impartially, the Railways has done well over the last few years.
Bureaucracy crisis
Do we need these kind of rebels?
The iron rice bowl
An honest appraisal of civil servants means breaking the mould.
Not the high road
Crude attempts at acquiring vehicles must be stopped.
All but democracy
The ‘power chain’ is just like the food chain.
Yours obediently
Civil servants are trained to be servile.
A home truth
For many civil servants, a retirement home is a pipe dream.
Biased system
Would they have qualified had they not been blind?
Engineers sans logic
The engineering council is beset with problems.
The bitter truth
Mediocrity is most welcome in this country.
Belling the cat
Can deserving civil servants survive such a system?
In Edhi’s footsteps
Social work through civil service is the future.
‘I have a dream’
Hopes of serving the public are soon lost amidst musty files.
Perversion of law
If action is not ‘politically correct’, the state will not stand by you.
Why wait and see?
Diplomacy is all about thinking on one’s feet.