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All but democracy
The ‘power chain’ is just like the food chain.
Syed Saadat
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.
Life goes on
Quality human resource is abandoning the civil service as well as the country.
Ineptitude in CSS
Meritocracy is not about setting the wrong criteria.
‘Might is right’
Our state institutions’ sense of entitlement is on full display.
Bad incentives
Plea bargain and voluntary return do not end corruption.
The way forward
Technology can help abolish the VIP culture.
Democratic oligarchy
Is it justified to put a publicly elected government under a civil servant?
Of men & machines
We must invest in human resource without any prejudice.
The lost city
Illegal housing societies are devouring the Margalla hills.
Spirit of service
Avenues of personal discretion must be done away with.