Abstract:
In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate the characteristic social background of a typical
civil servant in Pakistan. For this purpose the data on social background of the civil servants of the
first twenty-five CTPs (Common Training Programmes) (1973-98) has been used. The analysis
has been undertaken in three parts. First, the social background of the CSS officers (Central
Superior Services) has been examined. It covers all the officers, men and women, belonging to any
one of the twelve occupation groups (see Annexure I) who entered the CSS through the annual
competitive examination conducted by the FPSC (Federal Public Service Commission). In the
second part, the social background of officers of a single occupation group, DMG (District
Management Group), reputedly the elite group of all has been studied. In each of these two
categories, the social background of officers has been analyzed separately for men and women. The
third part focuses on officers who were inducted in to the civil service not through the competitive
examination under the FPSC but by nomination from the Armed Forces.
