The paradox of the Superior Services
Opinion
May 25, 2021
It is that time of the year when around two hundred ambitious young men and women, as well as their families, celebrate their success in the Central Superior Services – CSS examination.
There is a palpable sense of joy and self-fulfillment among the successful candidates and a wave of dejection in others who could not reach the finishing line. In a country where patwaris (land department officials) and similarly ranked officials in police, customs, taxation etc are mostly chosen on the basis of sifarish or bribes, CSS offers a path to join coveted services on the basis of one s academic qualifications and hard work, through a nationwide competitive examination.
Karachiâs new police chief is either dead honest or ridiculously incompetent
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Imran Yaqoob Minhas has been an officer for 20 years.
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Karachiâs new chief of police has been in the force for nearly twenty yearsâhalf at the desk and half in the field. Additional IG Imran Yaqoob Minhasâs last crime-fighting position in Karachi was held nine years ago. A cursory look at his record shows that he has held posts for very short periods of time, sometimes even just a day. For those who know how the Karachi police service works, this could either be a measure of his inflexible honesty or chronic incompetence. âI know he was offered the coveted slot of Additional IGP Karachi-Range repeatedly by the last two IGPs, but he refused,â said one o
Remembering an untainted officer
May 13, 2021
One isn’t aware of any other cop in Pakistan who served as the inspector general of police of three provinces. It is also rare to find a policeman who commanded the Frontier Constabulary as well as the National Police Academy and remained a federal secretary, caretaker provincial minister and inspector general of prisons.
Muhammad Abbas Khan, who died recently at the age of 82 due to Covid-19, held all these positions and achieved a lot more in an illustrious career.
He served as the police chief of his native Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as Punjab and Sindh. In fact, he served twice as the IGP of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), known at the time as NWFP, once from November 1985 to June 1988 and then from January 1989 to September 1990.
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