CONTROL AND USAGE OF POWER BY BARADARIS IN KHUSHAB, PUNJAB: INSTITUTION OF CIVIL BUREAUCRACY

Muhammad Waris Awan; Rizwan Ullah Kokab

Muhammad Waris Awan Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of Sargodha
Rizwan Ullah Kokab Department of History and Pakistan Studies, G.C. University Faisalabad

Keywords: Control & Usage, Power by Baradaris, Khushab Punjab

Abstract

The bureaucracy in Pakistan has been a powerful institution of the state in contrast with the other political institutions. In Punjab important positions in this institution has been used as a tool for attainment of the power. The significance of kinship in getting and using the powerful bureaucratic position has raised the status of the social institution of baradari in the domains of power. This paper deals with the question how the positions in civil bureaucracy helped major baradaris in Punjab in grasping power. The case of the bureaucrats belonging to major baradaris in district Khushab has been studied with the help of sources like interviews, books and documents. The finding of the research is that major powerful bureaucrats belonged to major baradaris and they helped their baradari fellows in getting power in other spheres of life.