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Article 140A of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973: A guarantor of grassroot level democracy and good governance

. Ms. Maryam Qasim, Ms. Arzoo Farhad, Muhammad Imran & Dr Muhammad Asim Iqbal


Abstract

The local government system is designed for the purpose of efficient delivery of services at the grassroot level and it is the inviolable command of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 by virtue of Article 140A. Lord Ripon introduced Local Bodies Resolution in 1882 and dubbed local bodies, as school of democracy. In Pakistan, military regimes had introduced local bodies election, the detailed power devolution plan was of General Musharraf (late). On the contrary, political parties always hesitated to establish local government system in the country and tried their best to avoid conducting the election. If, the local government system is allowed continuously to perform, it can bring soft revolution in the country and play pivotal role in the development, resolving problems and ensuring the good governance at the grassroots level.[1]

Key Words: Grassroot, good governance, efficient delivery of services, school of democracy, constitutional obligation, devolution and establish local government.

 

[1] Without Local Bodies, Tasneem Noorani, DAWN 22nd February 2022 available at https://www.dawn.com/news/1608736/without-local-bodies

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