Why should a Federal Minister be less qualified than a Federal Secretary?

[GoldenAsif]

Re: Why should a Federal Minister be less qualified than a Federal Secretary?

@TLK

I personally think that if dasti is being elected by his voters then telling the voters that we cannot accept your candidate because he does not have a degree, is not democracy. Its dictatorship. If my candidacy is halqa 245 that includes villages and remote areas, how the heck can I produce a graduate from that area where no one ever went to school. The only option would be to force someone from outside of their halqa on them as a MNA or MPA. Is that fair? Would that person know anything about the problems of that rural area?

No one gave a damn to education system in Pakistan for last 60 years. Our education budget was always less than 3% of annual budget, but all of a sudden we want graduates sitting in the parliament. How ridiculous of an expectation is that (not saying that to you Asif, just saying it in general)

You make a valid point TLK but your point also highlights what is wrong with democracy and politics in general i.e. the least deserving people sometimes holding public office on the basis of votes alone regardless of their level of education.

one solution would be to merge such a constituency with another small constituency making it a bigger constituency & thereby ensuring that election candidates atleast meet some basic educational standards