SOCIAL PROFILE OF HIGHER BUREAUCRACY IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate the characteristic social background of a typical civil servant in Pakistan. For this purpose the data on social background of the civil servants of the first twenty-five CTPs (Common Training Programmes) (1973-98) has been used. The analysis has been undertaken in three parts. First, the social background of the CSS officers (Central Superior Services) has been examined. It covers all the officers, men and women, belonging to any one of the twelve occupation groups (see Annexure I) who entered the CSS through the annual competitive examination conducted by the FPSC (Federal Public Service Commission). In the second part, the social background of officers of a single occupation group, DMG (District Management Group), reputedly the elite group of all has been studied. In each of these two categories, the social background of officers has been analyzed separately for men and women. The third part focuses on officers who were inducted in to the civil service not through the competitive examination under the FPSC but by nomination from the Armed Forces.