Bureaucrats are non-elected officials who are supposed to be
politically neutral in “executing government business” (Heywood). In the case
of Pakistan, no such neutrality is seen as politicians select and promote only
those who support their ideology and aid these politicians in furthering their
interests. Hence, these bureaucrats do what (the mostly self-interested)
politicians want them to do rather than doing what their posts require them to
do.
The health and education sectors come under the bureaucracy and
they are consistently seen to suffer as it is of little concern to those ‘at
the top’ whether the masses are educated or uneducated and healthy or on their
deathbeds as long as they get enough votes to retain their positions. Instead
of doing their jobs efficiently to improve the state of the country, these bureaucrats
do not do their jobs at all. It is ironic that they are referred to as public
servants as they are anything but that.
The bureaucratic system itself is not to blame as many
states have and continue to benefit from it. However, I have yet to find out
whether Pakistan is benefiting from it or not and if it is, to what extent for
I have failed to see any significant progress in the areas managed by the
Bureaucracy.
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