THIS is apropos of the letters by Summer Noor and Raja Kashif on the topic of CSS structure which, according to them, is under threat. It shows that all is not well in the federal secretariat.

On the one hand, CSS officers of the OMG are threatened by induction of political favourites and, on the other hand, by the DMG.

There is no denying the fact that CSS examinations have been one of the fairest processes that still exist in our country but the alarming thing is that the government is trying to induct its favourites into the CSS occupational group in the name of public interest.

My question to the government is whether the public interest lies in inducting people on merit or inducting them on the basis of favouritism. My answer is that people selected on the basis of merit can ensure good governance and serve public interest in a better way.

Similarly, why is the DMG bent upon destroying the service structure of its counterpart group OMG/Secretariat Group, after having wreaked havoc on the provincial services? Is the interest of an elitist group of bureaucracy more important than good governance?

It is necessary for the federal government to mitigate frustration among young officers of OMG/Secretariat Group, who were selected through CSS examinations. Once these officers are satisfied, policymaking and governance will start improving with the influx of modern ideas from these young minds.

COL (Rtd) M.A. ABBASI Abbotabad