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Future of Local Govt In Pakistan

Future of Local Govt In Pakistan. By Muhammad Ali Khan. Sequence of Presentation. Background Salient features of LGO 2001 Administrative and Political Structures Institutions under LGO 2001 Major Issues Analysis Recommendations. Background. The Local Governments (LGs) in Pakistan:.

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Future of Local Govt In Pakistan

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  1. Future of Local Govt In Pakistan By Muhammad Ali Khan

  2. Sequence of Presentation • Background • Salient features of LGO 2001 • Administrative and Political Structures • Institutions under LGO 2001 • Major Issues • Analysis • Recommendations By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  3. Background The Local Governments (LGs) in Pakistan: By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  4. Salient Features of the LGO, 2001 • Governance through elected representatives • LGs to function within Provincial framework • Enhanced representation of women • Three tiers of LGs politically linked • Elimination of rural – urban divide • No vertical linkage • Functional distribution among three tiers • Decentralization of Financial and Administrative Authority By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  5. Administrative Structure ( District / City District ) ZILA NAZIM District Coordination Officer District Police Officer For functions relating to Law & Order Co-ordination Agriculture Education Health Revenue Law Community Development` Finance & Planning Information Technology Literacy Works & Services By:Muhammad Ali Khan City Districts – Public Transport, Enterprise & Investment Promotion, Municipal Services

  6. Administrative Structure ( Tehsil / Town ) TEHSIL/TOWN NAZIM NAIB TEHSIL/TOWN NAZIM TEHSIL/TOWN MUNICIPAL OFFICER TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL TEHSIL/TOWN COUNCIL Chief Officers Planning Infrastructure and Services Municipal Regulations Finance By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  7. Administrative Structure ( Union ) Naib Union Nazim Union Nazim Union Council Secretary (Union Council) Secretary (Community Development) Secretary (Technical) By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  8. Naib Zila Nazim Tehsil/Town Nazim Zila Nazim Naib Tehsil/ Town Nazim Members elected on reserved seats Members elected on reserved seats Tehsil / Town Council Zila Council Union Nazim Naib Union Nazim Union Council 13 Members Political Structure By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  9. Institutions under LGO 2001 • Provincial Local Government Commission • Provincial Finance Commission • Zila Mohtasib • Monitoring Committees/Accounts Committees • Musalihat Anjuman • Village & Neighbourhood Councils • Citizen Community Boards • Zila Mushavirat Committee By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  10. Constitutional Position • Local Government is a Provincial subject • System was provided a safeguard by its inclusion in the schedule VI of the Constitution • Laws included in the Sixth Schedule not to be altered, repealed or amended without the previous sanction of the president (268 (2)) By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  11. Major Issues • Lack of ownership • Coordination • Size of the Provincial Government • Transfers / Postings • No regular monitoring of Nazims • Relationship with the rival LGs • Creation of new districts • Resource mobilization By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  12. Present Situation • Revamping vs Scrapping • Lack of institutional arrangement • System – at standstill • Violation of prevalent law • Role of Bureaucracy • Development process – halted • Government interference in the LG matters • Vilification Campaign By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  13. Analysis • The political leaders reluctant to share power with people at the grass root level • A workable system has fallen prey to the machinations of politicians, Bureaucracy and the vested interests • Fiscal transfers to the grass root level being acknowledged even by the worst critics • Assignment of duties relating to law and Order to Zila Nazim not being accepted • Zila Nazim being considered as rivals By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  14. 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 in case of any haphazard change By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  15. Recommendations • Wide-ranging consultations among all the stakeholders i.e. Provincial Governments, Local Governments, Civil Society Organizations. Parliamentarians, and all other shades of public opinion be held • Tendency to scrap the systems by the successive Governments needs to be strongly discouraged By:Muhammad Ali Khan

  16. 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 By:Muhammad Ali Khan

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