Policy Making in Pakistan, Slides of Pakistan Studies and Culture

Download Policy Making in Pakistan and more Slides Pakistan Studies and Culture in PDF only on Docsity! Bureaucratic Elites and Policy Making in Pakistan 1947-58  Generally the Political system is composed of different components i.e bureaucracy, religious and political elites etc and all these inter dependent components are assigned a specific role to play within the prescribed jurisdiction.   INTRODUCTION PART II Bureaucratic elites and policy making in Pakistan (1947-51)  Jinnah’s personal decision to become Governor General instead of Prime Minister of Pakistan  He had appointed British Bureaucrats as governors of provinces, believing that their experience and bureaucratic acumen were necessary for Pakistan survival in its early stages.  During (1947-54) nine provincial governments were dismissed.  After Jinnah’s death shifted the focus of powers to the prime minister’s office. For the survival of newly born state he depended on the bureaucracy.  Liaqat government call the opposition parties “the traitors” and passed the first act PRODA in 1949. Bureaucratic elites and policy making in Pakistan during (1951-54)  Bureaucratic elites took strong hold over decision making and it was enjoyed by the cabinet secretariat which was manned by the bureaucrats.  After Liaqat’s death resulted in the conversion of the office of governor General into an instrument of bureaucratic intervention.  Under Ghulam Muhammad the bureaucratic elites established a paternalistic relationship with the politicians and thus aborted the process of party politics.  Section 92 A . Major Steps  Dismissal of Khwaja Nazimmudin as a Prime Minister of Pakistan  Appointment of Mohammad Ali Bogra as the Prime Minister of Pakistan  Dismissal of Fazl-ul-Haq The Chief Minister of East Pakistan and the imposition of Governor rule in the province.  Bogra efforts for the reformation of the Bureaucracy  Dissolution of the constitution assembly of Pakistan