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The cost of revolving-door bureaucracy
EDITORIAL: The appointment of Pakistan’s seventh federal health secretary in 18 months should not be viewed as another routine bureaucratic reshuffle. It is symptomatic of a much larger problem: the state’s inability to provide its senior officials with the continuity needed to understand problems, formulate policy and see reforms through. If this is how officialdom is expected to function, there is little reason to expect effective policymaking or consistent implementation. The latest incumbent, Dr Fakhre Alam has been given charge for three months, with the notification reportedly making cle...
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