GOVERNANCE

The term governance can be defined as a set of rules, regulations and policies to run and manage any state or organization. Good governance is one which always works towards facilitating its people and stepping forward for the progress of its people. Unfortunately, this is not true in the present time as we can see from the history that now days the government just focuses on "facilitating its rich influential people for getting votes and making government. There is nothing to facilitate the poor people although every government claims to act in their best interest just for the sake of getting votes. It's all about “getting the votes so as to be elected as government and act in their own interest”.

The common man always gives vote in hope of a better future. They look forward to a governess that might safeguard their basic right, provide them with the basic necessities of life but are left with disappointments when they saw that the people who claims to work for them, actually works for their own interest, hence they are left with disappointment when they experience the reality. They realize that their votes were taken against false hopes and empty promises. The lifestyle of majority of the people remains below average due to lack of support from the government. They are not even provided with the basic necessities of the life. The significant inflation in the recent few years put further pressure on them; hence they are left in depression and darkness of the never ending night.

The tenure for any government in Pakistan is five years which they spend without making significant impact on the society, as a result of which the needy would always stay needy and the poor would stay poor. People who have improved their life style over time are those who put in their life long efforts to change their situation. The game of five years is very interesting in this point of view that they “always claim the fantasy and the things that never had existed in reality. As a columnist I am not pointing out any particular government but I am trying to high light the issues in governance and suggesting solutions to improve them.

The people of Pakistan are facing difficulties due to lack of proper functioning of public sector departments. The condition of major industries including agriculture is deteriorating day by day due to lack of proper governance and law and order situation. All the previous government tried their best to improve the condition in every field but could not succeeded in attaining the fruitful result due to the lack of proper mechanism as to run the departments and managing people. There is an acute need of proper controlling mechanism to streamline the system.

First of all, we need to make the election process more transparent so that no one can come in power by unfair means and only the true representative of masses forms the government because only those people will be more concerned towards the need of common person. After selection we can send our bureaucrats to academies for refresher course where they can update their knowledge and get the required skills and training as to improve their vision. We can also send them to different developed countries for training purposes. This is the first and far most important thing because these people are the true custodian of the general public interest and their selection and training is vital for the conduct of effective and efficient governance.

The second most important thing is the formulation of policies that are proper and realistic and that best suit the need of the general public. These policies should be form with consensus and must be implemented on just and fair ground as to get the desired results. After practical implementation of these policies if there is any evidence of loopholes, policies must be rechecked and reformulated accordingly. The next step is the formulation of policies of public sector organization, it is important to note here that the rule and regulation as well as the policies formulated for the general public organizations must be in line which the policies of the state. There should not be any conflict of interest at any level. The selection process at departmental level should also be made on purely merit basis. There should not be any references involved in the hiring process. In this way these departments will be strengthened. There is also a need of accountability at every level so that there would not be any opportunity for corruption and fraud.

In this way we can retain and utilize our human resources to their maximum capacity, because if the state fails to provide the due right of the general public, people will tend to move abroad in search of a better future, resulting in brain drain and acute shortage of resourceful people.

There is also a need to reform the vital departments, namely, health sector, education department, police and judiciary

System. The educational system should be reformed as to implement a uniform system across the country so that every student gets equal opportunities for good jobs.

The health department should be provided with the required resources so that the poor people can avail the basic medical facility free of cost. The judiciary and police department should be made independent of political influence so that they can exercise their power without any fear. In this way we can ensure proper law and order situation in the country. The agriculture department is also ignored in the present time, there is a need of proper supervision of the farmers and subsidies should be provide to them as to strengthen the financial condition of the farmer and ultimately the agriculture sector.

Last but not the least, there is a need of commitment from all Pakistanis to work with patience, diligence and honesty because the major changes required commitment from every level. In this way we can flourish our country and pave the way of success for the generations to come.