Impacts of Devolution Plan on the Administrative System of Pakistan (2001-2008)

Abstract

General Pervez Musharraf’s Government re-established the administrative structure and started to use the language for improving the tasks of the local government in Pakistan. He started the program of decentralization to devolve the powers and authorities with the name of ‘Devolution of Powers’. Local people and their representatives at the grassroots level were empowered because of the set up local governments. The purpose of the research is to investigate local government system and its functions introduced in Musharraf’s period. This will enable us to understand the participation of people in the scheme of devolution of powers. An important aim of the article is to highlight the problems and issues faced at the local level and to assess the effectiveness of local government system and their influences on the administrative system of Pakistan.