Politicised bureaucracy

This refers to the news report, ‘IHC declares 400 promotions in bureaucracy void’ (July 28). The IHC has rightly cancelled the promotions made by the Central Selection Board in grades 20 and 21. The superior judiciary should be lauded for stopping the bureaucracy from being politicised.
Quaid-e-Azam described the bureaucracy as officers of the state and not of any government. The recent promotions were the worst in the country’s history. Some dozen honest and hardworking officers were accused of having dubious and shady characters and superseded by their junior staff members with the help of a magical promotion formula prepared by the Establishment Division. It is amazing how the prime minister agreed to such a formula. Is this not the time for the Central Selection Board chairman and the Establishment Division secretary to resign? They should be shown the door for misguiding the government.
Abdul Qadir Baluch
Lahore