“Throughout the history of civil service reforms, recommendations never addressed the core issues of federalism, constitutionalism, provincial autonomy and good governance. These reforms have only changed the nomenclature than reformation to the constitutional and structural anomalies of the civil service,” the letter read. In administrative federalism, respective governments function on their respective subjects and develop their administrative civil services on the subjects earmarked to them under political contract enunciated in the constitution. The proposed draft for civil service reforms is showing that their grabbing of posts is being reduced to 1,300 from 1,900. These 2,700 additional posts allow PAS officers an opportunity to be posted at higher grades at junior level.

Source: Pakistan Today February 20, 2020 18:11 UTC