Bureaucracy: the missing link ISLAMABAD: It may sound like a joke that a career civil servant of the Commerce and Trade Group does not have a cadre posting in the Ministry of Commerce, but ironically this is true and happening very much in Pakistan. Even more ironic is when one looks into profiles of officers posted in specialised ministries such as finance, commerce, investment and economic affairs. And then the honourable prime minister says that bureaucracy is not delivering. They are unable to deliver, until the right man is put to the right job. Bureaucracy is like a horse, not only one needs to train and tame, but also use it in a proper racecourse if one wants to win, otherwise it becomes wild. The current bureaucracy may be trained to a great extent but is not being used/ posted in their areas of expertise or training. They need to be tamed as well, but many civil servants perceive current government’s action as intimidating rather than taming, thus, naturally some lean towards previous governments’ taming.