The only major differences observed between the obsolete and extant legislation appear to be limited to the naming of the laws and the dates of their passing. Per details, the Civil Services Conduct, initially introduced in 1942, was changed to the Government Civil Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1964, but still retained more or less the same clauses as the 1942 edict. The Sindh government, which introduced its Civil Servants Conduct Rules in 2008, struggled to put out a set of rules free of colonial influence. “There is a huge gap in our regulations today, simply because we are not able to end our reliance on older, obsolete pieces of legislation. Similarly, there are various newer laws like the Civil Service Rules which despite being made after Partition still retain a strong colonial flavour.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2020 05:22 UTC