Abstract
The enactment of the 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010 was hailed as an auspicious day in the political history of
Pakistan. But, the implementation of the said amendment is limbo and challenging for the mechanism to set up the
process of decentralization in an effective way did not initiate in Pakistan throughout the political course. Eleven years
to post-enactment, provinces are still deprived to acquire the true benefits of this amendment viz a viz; decentralization,
devolution of power, and grassroots empowerment. Although the Constitutional Implementation Commission headed by
Senator Mian Raza Rabbani was formulated under Article 270AA of the Pakistani Constitution to induce the smooth
transformation of responsibilities to the institutions though some aspects of its implementation are still hold up owing to
missing required apparatus. This study attempts to explore the main grounds to have this amendment and its impacts on
the federation and federating units. The said amendment is not implicitly applied so far due to a lack of required
instruments to do so. The article is a historical account of the constitutional amendment and its impression on Pakistan.
The study is segregated into two ties viz a viz impact of the said amendment on constitution and politics and challenges
confronted in its implementation. Some suggestions have also been drawn for the application of the amendment in the
light of analyzing the questions related to its implementation process
MS. Maryam Arif, Qurat ul Ain Bashir. (2021) Impact and Challenge Assessment of the Eighteenth Constitution Amendment on Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, issue 4.
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