Tag: Devolution

Commission finalises proposals on devolution plan

ISLAMABAD: The Implementation Commission Committee on Tuesday gave final touches to its recommendations on the devolution plan to be submitted to the federal cabinet for approval.
An informed source told Pakistan Today that the meeting finalised its proposals to resolve issues with the provinces vis-a-vis the devolution plan. The provinces, the source added, had raised concerns that the federation should allocate more funds prior to handing over five federal ministries to the

Sindh won’t accept devolution without financial powers: CM

KARACHI: The devolution of federal departments to the provinces under the 18th Amendment is being done without assigning financial powers that will be unacceptable, the Sindh chief minister said on Friday.
"The federal government wants to transfer the departments without financial powers, and the Sindh government will not withdraw from its constitutional rights," Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said while presiding over a meeting held here to review progress on devolution of