Provincial Administrative Crisis in Sindh: Case Study of General Pervez Musharraf Era

Abstract

Sindh is facing complex administrative crisis due to multiple factors including political instability, miss-management, corruption, favouritism, nepotism and strong feudalism. There is no consensus among the political parties on the way in which province is being governed. The aim of this paper is to explain the political crisis and to explore governance issues as an outcome of polarisation between the major political parties. Major source of political conflict between the ruling party and other coalition party is lack of agreement on the local government system. The first part of the paper deals with the changes introduced in the local government system in 2001. The second and third parts of this study deal with stacks of rural elites and urban elites respectively.