COMPARISON OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT CONCEPTS OF AYUB AND MUSHARAF DEVOLUTION PLAN

Nazir Hussain Shah; Tayyaba Syed; Shawar Husnain

Nazir Hussain Shah Department of International Relations, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Tayyaba Syed Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Virtual University of Pakistan
Shawar Husnain Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan

Keywords: Local governments, Bureaucracy, Devolution Plan, Perception and Misperception

Abstract

An analytical and comparative (Qualitative) approach has been adopted to study the Local Government system of Ayub and Musharraf in Pakistan as it has a deep impact on Politicians, bureaucracy and the masses. Political thinkers in Pakistan, at various occasions have designed the institutional structure without realizing the popular support hence the benefits to the masses could not be shifted in real sense. So it resulted in the “tug of war “between” various segments of the society. The second part is the comparative analysis of President Ayub BD system and General Musharraf Devolution of Power Plan. In this regard, the current study is an attempt to compare the devolution plan of Musharraf and Ayub regimes with the aim that which plan was most effective. Comparison of both era proves that Musharraf devolution plan is better as compare to Ayub concept of local Government.