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National Plan for Devolution of Power under 18th Amendment: Challenges for Government in the New Pakistan

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  • Sajida Begum

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.)

  • Muhammad Imran Ashraf

    (Assistant Professor, Department of IR, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

  • Waseem Ishaque

    (Assistant Professor, Department of IR, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

Abstract

History of the politics of agitation and protest indicate that political agitation has always been converted from any point to the issue of provincial autonomy in Pakistan. The case of Pakistan Tehrik-E-Insaf (PTI), on alleged rigging after the general elections of 2013 also suggests that the protest after general elections 2018 would at last be transformed from rigging to demanding the redressal of provincial grievances over devolution of power under 18th amendment. Since, provincial governments including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) had continuously been registering grievances about the transfer of liabilities without transferring corresponding assets and resources to provinces. In current scenario under the slogan of ‘New-Pakistan’ the registering of complaints by political leadership against federation though the card of provincial autonomy would have more and prolonged potential and attraction for the general public rather than merely protest on rigging. Therefore, the biggest challenge for the government in new Pakistan would be addressing the provincial issues. Because sooner or later the protest led by opposition political parties over rigging in 2018 elections would be transformed within one year into the protest for provincial issues. In the backdrop, this study highlights the challenges for newly established government of PTI in-terms of center-province relations over provincial autonomy. Further, conventional approach of federalism (extreme centralized federalism) still prevails in Pakistan which ultimately poses impediments to center-provinces virtuous working relations. That’s why it would be significant to investigate that on what issues working relation between federal and provincial governments may potentially be deteriorate. Political and economic measures have also been suggested in this study for PTI government to address the regional grievances and disparity in New-Pakistan.

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  • Sajida Begum & Muhammad Imran Ashraf & Waseem Ishaque, 2018. "National Plan for Devolution of Power under 18th Amendment: Challenges for Government in the New Pakistan," Global Social Sciences Review, Humanity Only, vol. 3(2), pages 71-80, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gss:journl:v:3:y:2018:i:2:p:71-80
    DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).05
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    Keywords

    Federalism; Provincial Autonomy; 18th Amendment; Challenges; New Pakistan;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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