ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview and initial analysis of reform efforts in Pakistan between 2000 and 2012. It examines the breadth of the efforts and puts these in historic context. The chapter explores a broader analysis of reform efforts in Pakistan. Administrative reform is a global phenomenon in the wake of changing roles of the state and government in society. One of the major components of governance and administrative reform in Pakistan during the Musharraf regime was organizational restructuring in the Federal Secretariat; core institutions of governance, including central agencies; and other public organizations in various sectors. The drive to improve governance through administrative reform, especially devolution, creates a need for increased capacity at institutional, organizational, and individual levels. Starting from the most basic administrative structural reform under the devolution plan, a variety of reform initiatives have been undertaken by the present regime to improve governance and management in the public sector.
