There seems to be a great contradiction in the government’s policy about the bureaucracy. The PM on the one hand advises the civil servants to work fearlessly and diligently for translating into reality his vision while on the other hand DG FIA is sent packing home rather unceremoniously.
All successive rulers in this country from 1951 onwards, barring of course, the military dictators, treated the civil servants as their personal servants. They cared two hoots for the unambiguous advice of the founder of the nation given as back as in 1948 to the rulers as well as to the civil servants that the bureaucrats are servants of the state and not of the sitting government which is always transitory in nature.
The quest of good governance in the country on the part of the government would be no more than a wild goose chase unless the bureaucracy is completely de-politicised. The MPAs and the MNAs should have no role in the posting, transfer and selection of administrative and police officers from top to bottom and it should be left to the Chief Secretaries and the IG Police to select them on merit and on their performance. If they fail to deliver they should be held accountable for that.
POSTSCRIPT: It is paradoxical that while the MPAs want decentralisation of powers from the centre to the provinces, they are shy of distributing powers to the local government and want to have a political grip in the areas which should be the exclusive domain and preserve of the local government.
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