Q18. How were the civil services restructured by General Parvez Musharraf?

Ans: Re-Structuring of the Civil Services:

(i)Civil services were restructured on following lines:

Deputy Commissioner (DC) was replaced by District Co-ordination Officer

(DCO). Maximum number of administrative departments was not to exceed

twelve. Each department was to be headed by an Administrative Officer.

(ii)Revenue and Magistracy were separated from each other. Both departments

were to be headed by two independent officers.

(iii) The Union Council comprised of a Nazim, a Naib Nazim, Union Councilors

and Union Administration. Voters were to elect 13 members of the Union

Council (4 male councilors, 4 female councilors 2 male farmer or labour

members, 2 female farmer or labour members, one minority member).

(iv) A Tehsil Nazim, and a Naib Tehsil Nazim were elected by all the councilors

present in the tehsil. The Tehsil Nazim was the head of the Tehsil

government. Seats in the Tehsil Council were allocated as per following

formula, female 33 per cent, farmers and labourers 5 percent, minorities 5

percent. Tehsil Nazim was head of the tehsil government.

(v) The District Government comprised of a Nazim and a Naib Nazim, the Council

and the administration, District Nazim was the head of district government and

exercised all administrative powers. All the elected Union Councilors, Nazims

and Naib Nazims assembled together to elect the District Nazim and the Naib

Nazim. District Police and district administration were made accountable to the

District Nazim.