Imran Khan government’s Task Force on Civil Service Reform, after two years consultations with more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life holding 68 sessions throughout the country, had developed a comprehensive set of recommendations for modernising the civil service structure, processes and incentives.
However, most of the reform proposals despite the cabinet’s approval remained unimplemented during the PTI government. A major reform to cleanse the bureaucracy of deadwood was though implemented, it was later reversed by the last PDM government.
However, most of the reform proposals despite the cabinet’s approval remained unimplemented during the PTI government. A major reform to cleanse the bureaucracy of deadwood was though implemented, it was later reversed by the last PDM government.
Now the present government’s civil service reform committee is considering introducing reforms, similar to those of PTI government.
Dr Ishrat Husain-led Task Force on Civil Service Reform had proposed the overhaul of the present CSS competition scheme. The Task Force had recommended to introduce preliminary screening test, domain specific cluster-based exam, psychometric evaluation, structured interviews and system automation.
