Abstract

Decentralization has become a global trend almost in every country. Local government is always remained supporting contribution pertaining to the development process at lower level but in Pakistan, it could not build up its roots due to frequent attempts by the nondemocratic forces like military. The research evaluates Local Government System in Pakistan with respect to its contents, processes, implementations and to recognize the framework of similar taken steps in the past. The research also covers the comparative analysis over introduced Ordinances of Local Government System by General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf in order to appraise people’s participation in their regimes with reference to devolution of the authority from the higher to lower level.