CRISES OF GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Keywords:
Public governance, policy gap, political instability, accountability, transparencyAbstract
Good governance is a key element towards building a strong nation- hood and ensures socio-economic prosperity of the country. It helps support the government to perform its constitutional role in such a fashion that promotes the values of transparency, efficiency, responsiveness, accountability, effectiveness to civil society and rule of law. Investment and economic development go hand in hand with good governance. Today, Pakistan is confronted with a number of challenges to streamline its structure of governance as per international standards. To be proficient in governance, Pakistanis in dire need to reconsider and amend its governing policies. In this background, the paper attempts to explore the gap in policy making and its implementation which is a hurdle in good governance in Pakistan.
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