Quota system in Pakistan.

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Re: Quota system in Pakistan.

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the new percentages according to the changed realities was then

Merit 10%
Punjab 50%
NWFP 11.5 %
Balochistan 3.5%
FATA 4%
Azad Kashmir 2%

and Sindh 19% ..sub divided using a 60/40 formula of Urban/rural division into 11.4 Rural and 7.6 Urban .

this heavy Tilt away from Mohajir preference is /was the real cause of dis content , among mohajirs …that took a ugly turn come 84 onward… Period.

Source

Waseem Ahmed : Affirmative Action Policies in Pakistan

Thanks for the numbers.

It would seem that a complete abrogation of the quota system would be a difficult sell.

So perhaps something like a regressively/progressively increasing merit share would be acceptable.

Something like - from our current position, every year - 5% of each Provincial share will be reduced and added to the merit.

So a year from now we would have the merit percentage standing at 10 + (.0590) = 14.5%
Next year it would be 14.5 + (0.0586.5) = 18.8%
and so on so in about 20 years all would be merit.

The percentage decrease each year could be negotiated. Perhaps a larger decrease for Punjab and Urban Sindh.

The idea being that yes we recognize that historically some groups have had more access to education - and hence better job prospects - however in order to not create infinite dependency - the quota will gradually be abolished and completely gone by 20XX.