Saud bin Ahsen

Genesis of RFPs is the awe-inspiring and provocative idea which germinated the change in Dr. Haque’s story, was an unrealized change that he had actually perceived through his framework of economic growth. An economist at heart, Dr. Haque intersperses his fictional work with real life economic policies and goes to great lengths in explaining his […]

‘Looking Back‘ reads like a history book imbued with comic fiction. The very thought in today’s Pakistan that our country may one day become the Asian tiger is laughable in itself. An historical account of Pakistan’s reformation set in an alternate future, the book was written by Dr. Nadeem UlHaque, an economist, giving a blow […]

Civil service refers to the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial. A well-functioning civil service helps to foster good policymaking, effective service delivery, accountability and responsibility in utilizing public resources which are the characteristics of good governance. Thus, civil service, as the primary arm of […]

Institutional and Legal Framework for AML/CFT Pakistan has made considerable progress in establishing an institutional framework for combating money laundering/terror financing ever since APG conducted its mutual evaluation report. Following is the present institutional set up. (a) National Executive Committee formed under section 5 of AML 2010 under Chairmanship of Minister of Finance; (b) General […]

Improving Inter-Agency Coordination The following measures have been taken for enhancing inter-agency cooperation between the federal and provincial governments: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs convenes regular meetings of stakeholders to discuss matters relating to implementation of UNSCRs. In December 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized an awareness session to educate all concerned stakeholders on […]

The Bretton Woods financial order created as a result of Bretton Woods Conference (1944) was meant to focus on the economic development of war ravaged and less developed nations. It also aimed at bolstering world trade by providing short and medium term financial assistance to countries which were experiencing temporary deficits in their balance of […]

In the context of culture there are many studies which reflect that the cultures in developing countries are unique and have different sets of values such as ritualism, tribalism, client patron relations, reciprocity, caste structure, informal interaction, seniority based authority, collective responsibility etc. The westernized bureaucracy and the formalized system of administration are thus many […]

Civil Bureaucracy forms an integral part of the governments and they do a lot more than just execute policies. Simply put, it is the manpower that runs the public sector at all levels of the government. Pakistan inherited its administrative apparatus from the British India. Civil Service was the pivot of this administrative machinery. The […]