PoliticsPakistan: Can creating new provinces fix governance?

Pakistan’s politically sensitive debate over administrative reform has revived. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal proposed creating 12 to 15 provinces or 160 empowered district governments, while officials and experts remain divided over whether smaller provinces or stronger local governments would improve services. No formal decision has been made.

Pakistanadministrative reformlocal government

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