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" PLEASURE OF THE CROWN OR PLEASURE OF THE PLEASURE OF THE CROWN OR PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT‑‑‑SERVICE LAWS NEED REFORMATION   By   Mehboob Pervez Awan, Joint Secretary, Pakistan Law Commission   Soon after independence, the services 'of Pakistan were governed by the Government of India Act, 1935 and remained as such under the Independence Act, 1947; virtually we inherited a colonial service structure where, an employee of the Government was on the pleasure of the Crown or the Governor‑General where consideration of labour was not a right but a bounty of the Crown. This concept is an altogether different from the Injunctions of Islam, which ordain "pay the worker before drying his sweat". The colonial service structure we adopted with all its merits, demerits and deep‑rooted evils. Unfortunately, so may years after independence, no steps were taken to reform the service structure, to bring it in accordance with the Injunctions of Islam. The pleasure of either the Crown or the President was still in vogue, the exploitation of servants is still present in one form or the other where servants of the State are treated indifferently, giving benefit to one and refusing to other is still in practice and the worst of all is the insecurity of service. It is said that a civil servant is more insecure than a workman who having ninety days' continuous service in a factory or establishment, gains a permanent status, whereas a Government servant some time retires in temporary capacity in thirst of confirmation.   In past some service reformation were carried in the year 1973 by merging all services and cadres into a single unified graded structure; abolishing all classes among Government servants and replacing them in a…