Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed that Pakistan’s strength as a federation rests on unity and consensus among the federating units, which certain analysts consider “the core of the country’s challenges”.
Speaking at the Balochistan Workshop, he also called for inclusive development that, one may note, has remained elusive owing to persisting structural imbalances within the federation.
National unity and shared prosperity are undermined by unresolved divisive views on devolution and centralisation that affect the quality of the country’s governance.
Besides other issues, the 27th Constitutional Amendment, now under discussion, envisages the removal of protection for the share of provinces in the divisible pool and the return of education and population planning to the centre.
‘Deep-seated suspicion, fuelled by unequal representation, uneven resource distribution and historical grievances, has kept
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