The article focuses an overall review of the prevailing situation of the local government, decentralization and devolution of powers for the community uplift and people participation in the community development at grassroots level under the Pervez Musharraf’s Devolution Plan 2000.
1. Introduction Pervez Musharraf’s Regime and Devolution Plan
Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Staff, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Pervez Musharraf expelled elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his elected government in 1999 coup which was a controlled coup in the history of Pakistan. This was the reaction of 12 October 1999; a preplanned action …show more content…
The Pakistan Army erudite of the order for Pervez Musharraf and held the control tower of the Karachi airport in order to let the plane to land, this was the initiation of the takeover.
Soon after two days the coup, Musharraf declared emergency and emanated a Provisional Constitutional Order. The Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) shaped many issues, as a number of justices rebuffed to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order …show more content…
Ensure swift and across the board accountability
The process of accountability is being directed at those guilty of plundering and looting the National wealth, and tax evaders. It is also directed towards loan defaulters and those who have had their loans rescheduled or condoned. The process of accountability will be transparent for the public to see.
While addressing the cabinet meeting on after the takeover Chief Executive and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf announced the decentralization through Establishment of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB). National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) has been tasked for framing policies for national reenactment. The holistic approach of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) was supposed to reconstruct state institutions across the entire fields of governance. The Local Government Plan 2000 was the first end product of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), which was designed on five fundamentals:
Ø Devolution of political power,
Ø Decentralization of administrative authority,
Ø Decentralization of management functions,
Ø Diffusion of the power-authority nexus and
Ø Distribution of resources to the district