Though the roads leading to Thandi Sarak, Secretariat, Minara Road and the Commissioner's Office might physically take one to the SPSC head office in Hyderabad and its regional offices in Karachi, Sukkur and Larkana - truly getting what it stands for demands far more. While one makes it to the SPSC offices via these four roads, succeeding in its selection process demands more than the commission's mission statement - transparency, integrity, merit and ability. And perhaps that's what the ground realities and time demand.

One might wonder if a person selected purely on 'obsolete' notions of ability would even be able to get a posting, let alone work for the 'welfare' of the masses the way the stakeholders want them to. The SPSC has rightly transcended its orthodox notions of abilities and meritocracy. And this, as is being insisted by the aspirants, isn't ability in the raw sense alone.

Therefore, the SPSC's four roads take a broad view of the selection criteria: first, affluence;........

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