Agreeing with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s remarks, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to transfer all relevant ministries and departments back to provinces – which are constitutionally under the purview of provinces.
The Prime Minister stated that the federation will strengthen the provinces by devolving all relevant ministries under the 18th Amendment and national expenditures will be minimized to cut loss.
During the campaign for the general elections, Bilawal suggested that if his party were elected, then the federation would eliminate 17 federal ministries to save the taxpayers’ Rs.300 billion.
Similarly, the former foreign minister has suggested that 17 federal ministries should be devolved to provincial authorities.
The 18th Amendment, passed on April 8, 2010, was a landmark bill that gave provinces autonomy. It devolved multiple federal ministries and powers to provinces. It divested the president of all his executive authority and made him a ceremonial head of the state.
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