Abstract
This paper aims to anatomies the issue of provincial
autonomy under federal democracy in Pakistan. Though
federal system is considered mandatory to accommodate
diversities in heterogeneous states but it remained less
effective to aggregate the fundamental demands of ethnic
identities to ensure their due status in Pakistan. Absence of
power-sharing acculturation gradually led to the sense of
deprivation among the smaller federating units and drove
them towards the articulation of autonomy, particularly
Balochistan. Long-awaited provincial autonomy was
affirmed under the 18thAmendment in 1973 constitution of by
abolishing the concurrent list in 2010 but practically
authoritarian trends in politics obstructed the process of
decentralization. This is an analytical and descriptive type
qualitative research mainly relies on literature review and
semi-structured interviews to highlight the case-study. It
finds out that the cooperative federalist approach can bring a
positive change in the province to seek economic and
identity interests of the people. It suggests to provide more
fiscal autonomy to ensure regional economic development
and assure isometry of all federating units to satisfy the
smaller ethnic groups
Sadia Ashraf , Dr. Aisha Shahzad. (2020) Federalism and Provincial Autonomy in Pakistan: A Case of Balochistan, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 3.
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