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FEDERALISM CRISES IN PAKISTAN IMPACTS ON CENTREPROVINCE RELATIONS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-III).01      10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-III).01      Published : Sep 2022

Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations

    Despite having a lengthy history of transitional administration, Pakistan has never created a comprehensive federal framework. Since independence, Pakistan's federal structure has remained extremely centralized, resulting in a multitude of issues such as a sense of deprivation, inequity, and unfairness among the units, all of which have fueled regionalist sentiment. However, Pakistan's federation is progressively maturing, but it will take a long time to catch up to the US federation. This research will provide a detailed account of the problems and prospects faced by Pakistan's weak Federation along with remedial measures that can be beneficial inestablishing a strong federation in Pakistan. This research study will  provide essential information to future researchers to address the issues of the federation in Pakistan from various aspects.

    Pakistan, Federalism, National Integration, Political Instability, Centre-province Relations
    (1) Uroosa Ishfaq
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Shaheeed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Khudija Sanam
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Government Girls Degree College, Shiekhmaltoon, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Kashif Ashfaq
    MPhil Scholor, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Khudija Sanam, and Kashif Ashfaq. 2022. "Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations." Global Political Review, VII (III): 1-8 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-III).01
    HARVARD : ISHFAQ, U., SANAM, K. & ASHFAQ, K. 2022. Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations. Global Political Review, VII, 1-8.
    MHRA : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Khudija Sanam, and Kashif Ashfaq. 2022. "Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations." Global Political Review, VII: 1-8
    MLA : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Khudija Sanam, and Kashif Ashfaq. "Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations." Global Political Review, VII.III (2022): 1-8 Print.
    OXFORD : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Sanam, Khudija, and Ashfaq, Kashif (2022), "Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations", Global Political Review, VII (III), 1-8
    TURABIAN : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Khudija Sanam, and Kashif Ashfaq. "Federalism Crises in Pakistan: Impacts on Centre-Province Relations." Global Political Review VII, no. III (2022): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-III).01