All Roads To Reforms Pass Through Political Reform – OpEd

In his recent article “A SMART Civil Service”, Ahsan Iqbal (Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives of Pakistan) outlines a thoughtful and technically sound framework to reform Pakistan’s bureaucratic system, aiming to make it Specialized, Merit-based, Accountable, Responsive, and Tech-enabled. The proposal to replace the colonial-era generalist model with domain-specific expertise, introduce lateral entry...