Examples of Accountability Process in Seerah: Appropriate Study of Duties of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsman), Pakistan= سیرت النبی ﷺ میں احتسابی عمل کی مثالیں:وفاقی محتسب پاکستان کے فرائض کا اختصاصی مطالعہ

Abstract

In any society, the administration has a status of a pillar, and its good, bad move, directly impacts on society. There are institutions to compensate public complaints on government initiatives in many countries of the world that account for government workers. This institution in Pakistan is established as "Federal Ombudsman". Main responsibilities of this institute include the execution of Amr bil Mar’ūf and Nahi ‘An al Munkar, monitoring government employees, monitoring administrative matters, to hear the complaints of public against organizations and preventing them from violating individual rights. In this article, it has been reviewed that what type of guidance of the Prophet (peace be upon him) is in this matter, in order to evaluate the present system of "Federal Ombudsman" and bring it according to the guidance of Prophet Hood by removing the defects in it. Following the observation of the main responsibilities of the "Federal Ombudsman" in the paper, the guidance received from examples present in the Seerah was described, and recommendations have been made for further improvement after describing the results obtained from them.

Keywords

• federal ombudsman
• seerah
• individual rights
• public complaints
• government initiatives