Provinces or local government?
RECENT media reports indicate that the ‘27th constitutional amendment’ is likely to divide the existing four federating units into 12 provinces. Before finalising such a decision, parliamentarians must consider a…
Punjab’s local government limbo
Local governments in Pakistan function [or dysfunction] under their respective provincial frameworks as Article 140-A of the constitution of Pakistan requires each province to establish a local government system. It…
IMF and provincial governments
Three provincial chief ministers from three competing political parties – Punjab (PML-N), Sindh (PPP) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PTI) — are vying with each other to deliver more to their people…
Local governments
SPEAKING to the First Constituent Assembly in 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah outlined several duties for the government of Pakistan: maintain law and order, root out corruption, act against black…
Local government: a reality check
LOCAL government is being talked about as one of the possible ‘solutions’ to the heightened political and economic turbulence in the country. LG is attractive in theory, promising better service…
Some US Sikhs fear Modi government is threatening, surveilling and doxxing them
As a physician specializing in addiction, Dr. Jasmeet Bains, the first Sikh American elected to the California assembly, was used to risky situations. Even so, Bains said she was shocked…
Let next elected govt present budget
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, unconditionally backed by Nawaz Sharif, the party supremo, as well as by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (a man known to repeatedly defer to his brother’s decisions…
Governance for local government: Part – IV
The rules of business have to be changed accordingly. It would be imperative that the chief executive officers of metropolitan corporations and large district councils are appointed from among Grade…
Governance for local governments: Part – III
Proposed governance system for local governments: In light of the experience of the 2001 LGO, let us now examine what needs to be done to avoid the weaknesses of the…
Governance for local government: Part – II
The fragmentation of development projects into small schemes catered to the narrow interests of the local communities without any sense of priority, linkages, or widespread coverage. Ideally, the transfer of…
