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" AN OVERVIEW OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN   AN OVERVIEW OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN   By   Jawwad Riaz* and Samee Uzair Khan**   Ombudsman, if not marginalized is a very useful institution. It is in fact taste of the people whether they are complacent with social injustice or cannot countenance it. Man by nature is driven by self interest so connives at wrongful gains and complains of social injustice only when he is personally hurt. By and large every civilized society abhors social injustice and has been finding ways and means to become egalitarian in nature. With the advancement of society, there has been phenomenal increase in administration. Generally speaking, Public Administration as field of study is an invention of the Twentieth Century: As a practice, however, public administration is as old as man himself. Upto this time, there was no distinction between the two administrations public and private. The distinction came later when various forms of settled life began to appear in villages and towns. Probably one of the first public administrations, besides the heads of States, was the tax collector. As social life became more and more complicated, the king was so overburdened with various tasks and duties that he delegated authority to his Wuzra (Ministers). They in turn delegated authorities to their aides.1   * Advocate High Court and Adjunct Faculty Member, Punjab University Law College, Lahore.   ** Assistant Professor of Law, Incharge University Law College, Punjab University Lahore   1. Muhammad A. Al-Buraey, Administrative Development: An Islamic Perspective (Kegan Paul International Ltd. 1986) P.228-229.   2. With the avowed march of every State to become a welfare State, the government set-up has gone stupendous. The…