Abstract
Bureaucratic Accountability in Pakistan is an important issue that requires scrutiny for comprehending its constraints and potentials. The aim of this research is to establish the meaning of the phenomena of bureaucratic accountability in Pakistan. The Grounded theory is used on archival material and interviewing as data collection techniques. Important to understand the issue of bureaucratic accountability in Pakistan is to observe its role in the political context in which it operates. External and internal accountability of the civil services of Pakistan has been seriously eroded due to politicization, growing culture of patronage, cronyism, favoritism and in-group feelings. There is lack of political commitment to put in place institution-based and transparent bureaucratic accountability mechanism. As a result, there has been no change and even the downward trajectory in multiple areas in the bureaucratic accountability mechanism is observed in Pakistan.