REVISITING THE 18TH AMENDMENT IN THE 1973 CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN: DEBATE OVER CENTRE-PROVINCE POWERS

Authors

  • Ghulam Mustafa Gaho Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan
  • Ahmad Hussain Shah Bukhari Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan
  • Syed Anwar-ul-Mustafa Shah Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.486

Abstract

This research article deals with the remarkable description of passing of 18th Amendment in the 1973 Constitution of The Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2010, a move which was much awaited considered being the actual constitutional dream of the founder of the Nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the study talk about the different 102 constitutional articles amended in the process. Positive aspects of the 18thConstitutional Amendment have been given in detail followed by the opponent arguments given by those who are critical of this amendment. The research also delivers with the detailed debate on provincial autonomy followed by the apprehensions regarding the weak central government. The two opposite views are supported with solid arguments, whether the amendment brought greater role to the parliament and the Prime Minister or it was just to acquire unaccountable political power at the provincial level. In the end the conclusion sums up the debate.

Key words: Constitution, Amendment, Legislation, Local Bodies, Judiciary, Provincial Autonomy, Senate

Author Biographies

  • Ghulam Mustafa Gaho, Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

     

  • Ahmad Hussain Shah Bukhari, Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan

    Lecturer

  • Syed Anwar-ul-Mustafa Shah, Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

Additional Files

Published

2022-06-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research PJSR

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“REVISITING THE 18TH AMENDMENT IN THE 1973 CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN: DEBATE OVER CENTRE-PROVINCE POWERS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 384–390, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.486.