Crisis of Good Governance in Pakistan
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By Dr. Quratul Ain Malik (ITG)
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INTRODUCTION
Good
governance is a prerequisite for social harmony, public order, political
stability, economic prosperity and certainty about future. It delivers the
fruit of progress and development evenly to all and sundry. Good governance
is required at all levels of society and state.
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ESSENTIALS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
1. Promotion of national cohesion
2.
National
integration
3.
Institutional
supremacy
4.
Independent
judiciary
5.
Constitutional
supremacy
6.
Rule of law
7.
Political
stability
8.
Educational
opportunities
9.
Socio-economic
development
10. Equal distribution of resources
11. Welfare state with provision of social securities
12. Strong writ of the government on all fronts
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SITUATION OF GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN
1.
Forces of
disintegration -- stronger than forces of cohesion
2.
Weak writ of
the government
3.
Absence of
independent judiciary
4.
No rule of law
5.
Political
instability
6.
Interprovincial
conflicts
7.
Unequal
distribution of resources
8.
Pakistan
presenting a picture of extreme bad governance on all national fronts
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CAUSES |
Political causes
1.
Parliament, a
toothless tiger
2.
Political
instability due to constant military interference
3.
Issue of
provlncialisrn on revenue, resources and demand of provincial autonomy
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Administrative causes
1.
Bureaucratic
hold on all institutions
2.
Political
interference on bureaucracy
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3.
Corruption, mother of all evils
4.
Absence of culture of accountability
5.
Mismanagement of resources
6.Pakistan, a soft state because of inability of
implementation of policies due to lack of consensus
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Economic causes
1.
Fragile economy - FDI shrinking on account of terrorism and political
instability
2.
Crisis of energy, food, water
3.
Corruption from top to bottom creating burden on the government
exchequer
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Social causes
1.
Poverty - 40 per cent population living below the poverty line (UN
reports)
2.
Over population -16.6 crore ( Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009)
3.
Illiteracy leading to socio-economic backwardness
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REMEDIES |
1.
Pakistan is in dire need of truly capable leadership
2.
Strong anti-corruption campaigns strengthening National Accountability
Bureau
3.Strict accountability of all
government servants in particular and common masses in general
4.
Investment in socio-economic development
5.
Allocation of seven per cent GDP for education
6.
Three per cent for population control
7.
Three per cent for poverty alleviation
8.
Generation of new employment opportunities
9.Equal distribution of resources 10. Ensuring
freedom of press
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