Bureaucratic Model in Pakistan

 

Bureaucratic Model

The German sociologist Max Weber presented his own model of bureaucracy in the early twentieth century, in which he discussed in detail the important principles and characteristics of bureaucracy. After close observation of the bureaucracy in Pakistan, numerous contradictions have come to light in the model of the late Weber.

In Pakistan, the friendship between politicians and bureaucracy is like that of Tom and Jerry. If there is friendship, it is "ripe" and if there is enmity, it is ripe too. Not cooperating or the bureaucracy is corrupt. Or it has been heard that the government is incompetent, so it does not understand the issues properly, or often the bureaucracy says that political parties in Pakistan bring manifestos but do not bring action plans.

Bureaucratic Model in Pakistan

“A bureaucracy is an organisational structure marked by a large number of regulations, uniform processes, procedures, and standards, a large number of desks, meticulous division of labour and duty, simple pyramids, and professional, almost impersonal interactions between employees.”

In other words, this conflict continues in every era of government. The present government has also wanted revolutionary changes in the bureaucracy since it came to power, but what to do, instead of resolving issues, things get worse. In this regard, new laws related to bureaucracy were passed a few months ago, which will be mentioned later, but in the last few days, in view of these rules, Prime Minister Imran Khan took strong notice of the bureaucracy's behavior Showcause notices and warnings were issued to several officers while several officers were instructed to be cautious while clarification was sought from several officers.

This theory also called Max Weber theory.

The following points that are explained in terms of Pakistani view,

Specialization and Division of labour:

On the basis of abilities and functional specialisations, tasks are divided into basic, repetitive categories. Every employee is accountable for what he or she excels at and understands what is expected of them. In Pakistan, the division of labors are not only based on their specialization, but based on their strong family background. They favored him/her in every step compared to others. There are currently millions of workers in Pakistan who are victims of exploitation and abuse.

 

Hierarchical layer of authority:

There are several hierarchical roles in institutional organisational systems. This is basically a bureaucracy's trademark and base.The ranked are very important in bureaucracy; the highest rank has the greatest power. According to my perspective, the people related to higher and strong financially, the department gave rank to this person. Pakistan not sees the capability of the person but see the financial background. This system is worst and eliminates the factor of hard work.

Formal selecting:

All workers are chosen based on their practical skills and abilities acquired through training, education, and experience. If the director conducted the interview honestly and without favouritism, he should be able to recognise these attributes in the candidate and recruit him/her without a guide. The selection should, in my view, be based on the individual's attributes.

Rules and Requirements:

The rules and requirements can be considered predictable. Rules and regulation are the most important part of any organization but inappropriately these rules and regulations are made but there is no implement on them. The bureaucrats even not adopting these rules and regulations. The upper grade officer goes to picnic without any vacation but no one take action on it.

 

Impersonal:

Employees form distant and impersonal relationships as a result of regulations and specific criteria, with the added benefit of preventing preference. Bureaucracies are notorious for their impersonal partnerships. In Pakistan, the jobs should be given to those people who have strong relation to them. This preference is also against the law and rules. They can’t even see the qualification of their near and deer ones.

 

In a region where there is a culture of false complaints, the rulers have to be a little more careful, so there is an element of liking somewhere in our Tom and Jerry game of bureaucracy and government. In any of case, there is no doubt that making Pakistan a welfare state is the mission and determination of Prime Minister Imran Khan, but so far the bulls do not seem to be moving, which is mainly due to the attitude of the parties. And since the people and properties are directly related to the bureaucracy and the government. Therefore, considering the performance of both, this process is tantamount to "shaking the dust off the gongs".

In fact, different governments have been implementing various measures in the name of reforming the civil bureaucracy, but in the absence of a political will, the existing bureaucratic system is deteriorating rather than improving. Governments come and go, but reforms in various fields have never materialized. One of the reasons for this is that every new government, instead of continuing the reforms that began under the previous governments, has been making a fuss by removing worms from it and spending its time on political veto. They go and the people hope for future governments.

Although there are millions of evils in the bureaucracy but they should be fixed in one system, politics should not interfere in it at all. We also need to look at the Indian model in this regard where any contract proves to be politically influential. Again, that bureaucrat is not allowed to be part of any big project, so all bureaucracies work within one system. Therefore, one thing is certain: whenever matters are in the hands of the bureaucracy or they are allowed to operate within their customary constitutional limits, merit and transparency are seen in the country.

The rate of corruption will also be lower, because the rate of corruption in projects in India is 11% and we have a very high rate. I think work always goes bad when an officer has no inclination to a particular field and is deployed there for personal gain, then he destroys the established system. So my opinion. If we understand the temperament of the bureaucracy and instead of imposing it on them, make a system out of them in which government officials feel free and responsible, then this bureaucracy will give you 100% results, otherwise we will go to further loss. !