In my PhD, I systematically study the representativeness of the civil service of Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the world´s most complex states because of the diverse population groups and territorial regions (Cohen, 2004). It has a chequered democratic history (Adeney, 2009) marked by imbalances in state institutions particularly in its civil service (Talbot, 2002) which has made it more restrictive and unrepresentative of certain groups. Many population groups including women and territorial reg
