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Is colonial mentality still holding back Pakistan's state and society?

Asked 2 times · 2 years · English Essay · Public Administration
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Examiners want: colonial legacy in bureaucracy and society, the CSP 'brown sahib' critique, both sides, a reform path

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2017
CSS · English Essay · Essay title

Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan's progress?

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2008
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The CSP officers were accused of harbouring a colonial mentality, of being little more "Brown Englishmen" in the conduct of duties. Do you agree with this observation, Comment?

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Lloyd George calls the Indian Civil Service the 'steel frame' of British rule: "They only number 1,200. They are the steel frame of the whole structure." (HC Deb vol 157 c1513) (2 August 1922)UK Parliament, Hansard (House of Commons), debate 'Civil Service, India'ICS cadre carried over into Pakistan as the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP): "The ICS cadre became the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), with minor modifications"; the Indian Police Service became the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) (1947 onward (study published April 2013))GIZ Support to Good Governance in Pakistan Programme, A Study on the Civil Service Structure, Civil Servants Training and an Overview of NCGR (hosted by Local Government Dept, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)1973 reforms end the CSP's reserved posts and unify services into 22 pay grades: Administrative Reforms Committee (1972, chaired by Khursheed Hasan Mir) abolished the reservation of key posts for the CSP; unified structure, national pay scales in Grades 1-22 and removal of constitutional guarantees implemented in 1973 (1972-1973 (as recorded in NCGR report, 2008))National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR), Report on Reforming the Government in Pakistan, Vol. INCGR verdict: 1973 reforms and lateral entry did not achieve their intent: Lateral entry let private-sector individuals be inducted at higher grades; NCGR found the CSP's quasi monopoly was replaced by that of CSS-recruited cadres and lateral entry "was resented by the incumbents" as politically motivated (1973-2008 (NCGR report, 2008))National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR), Report on Reforming the Government in Pakistan, Vol. I

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