Educated scourge
The script is the same: a promising start followed by collapse.
Syed Saadat
Siege mentality
The tragedy is that politicking takes precedence over policymaking.
Elusive innovators
Our scientists haven’t tried to create a sustainable financial model.
Double standards
As they say, promises are the sweetest lies.
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.