Editorial
Recently, the Interior Federal Minister Mohsin Naqvi remarked that Pakistan’s system has collapsed. It needs a reset. His speech got viralized within hours. People reposted and commented on the spicy topic. However, there was hardly ‘anything’ new, he said. However, there was hardly any serious discourse on the needed reset.
The reason is our political discourse. We have too much politics and too little debate on governance and reforms. In the prime-time on TV shows, anchors invite politicians. They shout at each other, drink tea, and go home. In short, the dearth of research-driven and pragmatic debate has been the narrative problem in Pakistan.
We at the Republic Policy talks on Governance and Reforms. Our researcher has published four great books with the objective of reforming Pakistan. The landmark manuscripts together present a comprehensive reform agenda for Pakistan’s system of governance. These works offer detailed proposals for reforming the executive branch, the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and the civil service.
Fixing the Executive Branch of Government presents a pathway to transform the operations of government. Our core argument is that no reform will be successful without reforming the centralized civil service into the productive civil service. As Woodrow Wilson remarked, “It’s getting harder running a constitution than framing one.”
Fixing the Legislative Branch of Government talks about reforming the legislation of Pakistan. Our core thesis in this book is that Pakistan is a Federal Republic. It should work like a REPUBLIC AND FEDERATION. The book presents a case for the leading role of the political executive over the bureaucratic executive. It makes a case for the empowerment of legislative oversight.
Fixing the Judicial Branch of Government demands judicial independence from the executive. Simultaneously, it never ignores the complicit role of the judiciary in the history of Pakistan in subverting the democratic fabric of our society.
The Bureaucratic Coup demands that the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Pakistan be reconciled. The affairs of the federation must be handled by the federal bureaucracy, and the affairs related to the provinces must be handled by the provincial bureaucracy. The spirit of the federation must be reflected in the actual practice of how we run this state.
These books are essential reading for students, academics, researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding and improving Pakistan’s governance framework.
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