Sir: During his address to bureaucrats, our prime minister has assured them of protection against political pressure. A few questions _ what happened to the bureaucrat who attracted railway-minister’s wrath? Could you equalise net earnings through pay and privileges of all civil servants, including judges, and officers on deputation, in the same grade, via Article 38 (e) of the Pakistan’s Constitution (Promotion of social and economic well-being of the people). The article states `The State shall reduce disparity in the income and earnings of individuals, including persons in the various classes of the service of Pakistan’. Could he abolish prime minister’s prerogative that entitles favourite grade 22 civil servants to two plots upon retirement (worth about Rs. 20 crore), leaving the others from Grade 17 to 21 in the lurch? I, for one, retired after cumulative 39 years’ service from Federal government in 2009. At age about 70, suffering from multiple diseases (kidney CKD fourth stage, blood pressure, diabetes), I have not been allotted any plot or flat by Federal Government Employees’ Housing Foundation even after nine years of retirement. AMJED JAAVED Rawalpindi Published in Daily Times, September 16th 2018.