Military

Entrenchment and
the Weakening of
the Bureaucracy in
Pakistan

The 2000 Devolution

Reforms

Muneeb Ansari

December 22, 2010

For Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi
SIPA, Columbia University
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Table of Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2
Decentralization and the Pakistani Civil Service ............................................................................. 3
2000 Local Government Plan .......................................................................................................... 6
Impact of Devolution on the Bureaucracy ...................................................................................... 8
Elite Capture and Manipulation .................................................................................................... 10
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Bibliography .................................................................................................................................. 17
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The strong disdain Z.A. Bhutto displayed for the CSP is shown in this excerpt from his announcement of the
reforms: “No institution in the country has so lowered the quality of our national life as to what is called
‘Naukarshahi’. It has done so by imposing a caste system on our society. It has created a class of ‘Brahmins’ or
mandarins, unrivalled in its snobbery and arrogance, insulated from life of the people and incapable of identifying
itself with them.” (Gustafon 1974, 96)
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