Pakistan, an administrative nightmare?

[FaujHistorian]

Pakistan is a country of 200 million people, it's divided in 4 provinces, FATA, Azad Kashmir ,Islamabad capital territory and Gilgit Batistan. As things stand, if you live in Bahawalpur, Nawabshah, Gwadar and in some far flung area of KPK and you happen to have a high court case or any major administrative problem you'd need to travel to Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Islamabad or Peshawar.

We all know that our law enforcement issues are very much linked to the failure of our state to deliver a robust justice system. Na Insafi in Pakistan is the root cause of all major issues we face. The reason why we fail to deliver justice is because we have failed to deliver these services and infrastructure geographically closer to our people in rural areas where 60% of our people live.

The solution to this problem is to create more administrative units like provinces etc. The power of the provincial governments must be cut to its size. The government services can only be deployed to people effectively when those services are available close to them.

If you take an example from the G-10 economies, they all have more provinces or states than Pakistan which makes it easier for them to govern and distribute services.

In my opinion, Pakistan needs at least 20-30 provinces or administrative units. They mustn't be designed on ethnolinguistic lines but according to the Population Density Index (PDI). They need to be further divided into tiny local administrations like the LG system Musharaf created.

Smaller provinces or administrative units will chanel revenue to the under developed areas rather than concentrating them in big cities like we see in Lahore.

Lastly. Only a system like this would allow us to create a functional network of nation wide Basic Governmental Services Units (BGSUs). These BGSUs will include basic health centers, primary, elementary schools, NADRA's eGovt service, legal services, postal services, community hall, police and other services like clean water dispensers, WiFi spot, sports facilities and residence for employees.

This may sound like a huge investment, because it is. However it will also create the necessary administrative foundation for Pakistan to be eventually propelled into the developed world

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propaganda by MQM loonies.

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