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Future of Local Govt in Pakistan: by Muhammad Ali Khan
Future of Local Govt in Pakistan: by Muhammad Ali Khan
Sequence of Presentation
Background Salient features of LGO 2001 Administrative and Political Structures
Background
The Local Governments (LGs) in Pakistan:
1st Generation
2nd Generation
3rd Generation
4th Generation
Administrative Structure
( District / City District )
ZILA NAZIM
District Coordination Officer
Coordination
District Police Officer
Agriculture
Education
Health
Law
Community Development
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Information Technology
City Districts Public Transport, Enterprise & Investment Promotion, Municipal Services
Administrative Structure
( Tehsil / Town )
NAIB TEHSIL/TOWN NAZIM TEHSIL/TOWN NAZIM
COUNCIL
Finance
Administrative Structure
( Union )
Union Nazim
Union Council
Secretary (Technical)
Political Structure
Naib Zila Nazim
Zila Nazim
Tehsil/Town Nazim
Zila Council
Union Nazim
Musalihat Anjuman
Village & Neighbourhood Councils
Constitutional Position
Local Government is a Provincial subject System was provided a safeguard by its inclusion in the schedule VI of the Constitution
Major Issues
Lack of ownership Coordination Size of the Provincial Government Transfers / Postings No regular monitoring of Nazims Relationship with the rival LGs
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Resource mobilization
Present Situation
Revamping vs Scrapping Lack of institutional arrangement System at standstill Violation of prevalent law Role of Bureaucracy Development process halted
Analysis
The political leaders reluctant to share power with people at the grass root level
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Analysis
Nazims required to be apolitical but have become political Non-establishment of the institutions like Village & Neighbourhood Councils and Zila Mohtasib has affected the common man Constitutional safeguard has provided the system a much needed safety valve Inability of the opponents of the system to develop alternate model Huge investment, in terms of money and human resource, made in the new system would get wasted By:Muhammad Ali Khan in case of any haphazard change
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Recommendations
consultations Civil
among
all
the
Tendency to scrap the systems by the successive Governments needs to be strongly discouraged
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Recommendations
Public policy institutions must also initiate work on analyzing/evaluating the system
Third party evaluation of the system be got conducted and the revamping should be done on the basis of the report
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