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Pakistan
Index
Pakistan's four provinces enjoy considerable autonomy.
Each
province has a governor, a Council of Ministers headed by
a chief
minister appointed by the governor, and a provincial
assembly.
Members of the provincial assemblies are elected by
universal
adult suffrage. Provincial assemblies also have reserved
seats
for minorities. Although there is a well-defined division
of
responsibilities between federal and provincial
governments,
there are some functions on which both can make laws and
establish departments for their execution. Most of the
services
in areas such as health, education, agriculture, and
roads, for
example, are provided by the provincial governments.
Although the
federal government can also legislate in these areas, it
only
makes national policy and handles international aspects of
those
services.
Data as of April 1994
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