Colonial concepts and attitudes that have long characterised governance in Pakistan, breeding division and mistrust, are now being discarded and replaced by a system that advocates a culture of service.
Pakistan's Consul-General in Hong Kong, Azmat Ali Ranjha, says the Government has resolved to rebuild and renew, reform and revive the country's political, social and economic spheres.
He describes initiatives announced earlier this year to rebuild the nation as signalling a move away from the culture of control that prevailed in government towards one that values service to the people.
Mr Ranjha says the new measures are about 'inclusion and not exclusion'. They are aimed at removing weaknesses in the political and administrative system as a part of the national reconstruction process. They will also serve as 'an attempt to heal' ethnic and religious wounds that have drained the country's spirit and undermined its potential.
The process of transformation and national reconstruction will begin by empowering people at grassroots level. At the same time, the populace is being reminded of its responsibility to the nation, and the need to participate in this process and protect the new institutional structures.
'These institutions will form the foundation of the Pakistan the Government aspires to create,' Mr Ranjha says, adding that the undertaking is complex and daunting, but necessary. The military administration has three years in which to launch and implement many crucial initiatives, not only those related to politics.