Pakistan’s New Provinces: The Referendum and Constitutional Question By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Every few years the idea of carving new provinces out of the old resurfaces in Pakistan’s politics, usually with great enthusiasm and little detail. This time it returns at a moment when the state is confronted with multiple challenges and stark regional disparities. What was once political rhetoric has acquired constitutional and institutional weight. A country with a swollen population and ever greater demands upon its public administration may fairly ask whether its provincial map still serves it.…
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