Re: Provincial autonomy and concurrent lists
Ok Mr. Ganguly. Pakistan is a place where minorities are not treated fairly. Happy now?
Provincial autonomy is a misnomer. We should talk about local rule. Now that means power moves out of Islamabad, and moves down to Quetta. However the process of local rule shouldn’t stop there. It should move further down to Sibbi or Chaman.
I feel that provincial leaders are a bit of hypocrites themselves. They want Islamabad to give up its power but the same group is unwilling to share power within their own province.
I do not see (and i may be ignorant), a single proposal where the three levels of administration i.e. District, province and feds working hand in hand for developing new roads, schools and colleges in Balochistan.
How many times a tribal has to blow up a gas line before realizing that gas royalties merely bring money for the warlords. It does not translate into better roads, or schools, or colleges.
For schools and colleges you need new teachers and a lot of students from other states. That is how you cultivate an environment based on respect, and education.
However Sindh (Interior) and Balochistan both have poor record for being the magnets for big name schools, faculty, and students.
Who stops Bugti, Mumtaz Bhutto and other war lords from giving inexpensive land for LUMS-2 in Quetta?