Provincial Demands for Self-rule and Shared-rule under the 18th Amendment in Pakistan: An Assessment

Abstract

This study analyzes the development in the two basic concepts of federalism by Daniel Elazar: self-rule and shared rule in Pakistan, after the implementation of 18th amendment. These federal concepts would remain the main concern of the present study. This paper has analyzed the expansion as to what extent the 18th amendment has fulfilled the requirements of self-rule and shared rule in Pakistan. The two federal conceptions were the set parameters to approach the 18th constitutional amendment in Pakistan. This historical amendment has converted the entire federal political system to one decentralized and participatory. The federal system was highly centralized and less participatory before the amendment. It has redesigned and updated the entire federal set up. It is a provincial liability now to get an advantage of giving opportunities and enjoy proposed benefits set up by their historic demands by constitutional arrangements. It is recommended on the basis of the findings that federal and provincial authorities should keep the said changes and restore the real federal spirit of the constitution by exercising the proposed changes in the constitution on provincial demands by the federal government.