Provincial Autonomy under Stress in Pakistan

This article contemplates issues of provincial autonomy in Pakistan. It describes historical background and rationale of federal character of the state. The nature of Indian Administrative Acts founding basis of provincial settings in the Sub-continent has been reviewed. The revision further examines articulation and expansion of the subject matter in constitutional documents of the country. Centralization of the state political system by dictators and consequent demolition of constitutional guarantees for federating units form part of the study. The study keeping in view the observant findings of state judiciary proposes resolution of the issues for strengthening federal framework of the state.