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This chapter with a longitudinal study serves as the background for the recent public sector reform narrative of Pakistan by mapping the alternations in the structures from 1947—the year of independence of Pakistan—until 2018. Alongside mapping, reforms are analysed using the three reform paradigms (hierarchies, markets and networks) with figures that show the dynamics of structural reforms over the years. The reform narrative in the case of Pakistan exhibited fewer pendulum swings offering hybrid versions in each of the seven periods with a clear preference for hierarchy type reform instruments.
This chapter is part of Abiha Zahra’s PhD thesis available online at https://lirias.kuleuven.be/3172020?limo=0.
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Four provinces combined as one in West Wing.
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East Wing had majority of population.
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CCI functions to coordinate and increase the cooperation between feral government and provinces for formulation and execution of appropriate public policies.
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“Shariat Appellate Bench” was made part of Supreme Court and decisions of Federal Shariat Court were subject to appeal before the Shariat Appellate Bench of Supreme court. So, basically the creation of a separate court did not restrict the powers of civil or military courts (Hussain, 2014; Kennedy, 1990).
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Zahra, A., Bouckaert, G. (2022). Reforming Structures and Procedures in Pakistan (1947–2018). In: Zahra, A., Bouckaert, G., Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, M., Jabeen, N. (eds) Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan. Public Sector Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96825-0_3
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