The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan
A long history of poor management, rampant corruption, and politicization of civil service has left Pakistan in an economic quagmire, inequitable growth, and political instability. Pakistan’s civil service,by all parameters, has failed to provide effective service delivery and other basic services of public welfare. In the public eye,the country’s civil service officers are seen as non-compliant and least responsive, and uncompassionate behavior coupled with bureaucratic hurdles further aggravate the exploitation of the common masses. The lack of transparency and the military's ability to interfere in the public domain have raised concerns about the state's ability to maintain order. The government should prioritize reforms to transform the Armed Forces into a more effective and efficient organization. Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has made many attempts to reform civil services, but no real change on the ground calls for turning the elusive dream of civil service delivery into reality. If the flaws of an unreformed bureaucracy remain unaddressed, the government may risk its chances of gaining public support.
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Services, Civil, Public, Government
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(1) Ujala Siddiq
VF Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan/Ph.D. Scholar, UMT, University of Malaysia
(2) Zargham Ullah Khan
Hailey College of Banking and Finance, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
(3) Umm e Aiman
Masters In Public Administration, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Siddiq, U., Khan, Z. U., & Aiman, U. e. (2021). The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan. Global Management Sciences Review, VI(IV), 60-69. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).06
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CHICAGO : Siddiq, Ujala, Zargham Ullah Khan, and Umm e Aiman. 2021. "The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI (IV): 60-69 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).06
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HARVARD : SIDDIQ, U., KHAN, Z. U. & AIMAN, U. E. 2021. The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan. Global Management Sciences Review, VI, 60-69.
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MHRA : Siddiq, Ujala, Zargham Ullah Khan, and Umm e Aiman. 2021. "The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI: 60-69
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MLA : Siddiq, Ujala, Zargham Ullah Khan, and Umm e Aiman. "The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI.IV (2021): 60-69 Print.
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OXFORD : Siddiq, Ujala, Khan, Zargham Ullah, and Aiman, Umm e (2021), "The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan", Global Management Sciences Review, VI (IV), 60-69
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TURABIAN : Siddiq, Ujala, Zargham Ullah Khan, and Umm e Aiman. "The Critical Impact of Better Civil Services Reforms on the Better Governance of the Country: A Study of Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review VI, no. IV (2021): 60-69. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).06