Abstract
This study focuses upon the trends of center-province relations
during 2002-08 by examining politics of centralization and
patronage. As this era was ruled under an umbrella of
authoritarian regime where president of Pakistan was also the
chief of army staff himself; this is universal trend in entire world
that when military took over the politics, it tries to adopt
constitutional engineering regarding legitimize its rule. Same
was the situation during 2002-08. This study investigates how
this regime ensured political development by applying semipresidentialism, state-centricism and authoritarian
federalism.Constitutional engineering during the Pervez
Musharraf regime was actually the exhibition of semipresidentialism, state-centricism under authoritarian federalism.
However, along with having criticism regarding worse Centreprovinces relations, there is also a list of admires from several
political scientists. The study is based on the analytical version
and primary and secondary sources are the part of the research
Syed Mukhtar Hussain Bukhari, Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Muhammad Irfan Mahsud . (2020) Semi-Presidentialism and State-Centricism in Pakistan: A Case Study of Authoritarian Federalism during Pervez Musharraf Regime, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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