1. Territorial Role of Second Chamber in Parliamentary Federations: Evidence from Pakistan.
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Mushtaq, Muhammad and Khan, Sultan Mubariz
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FEDERAL government , *DEMOCRACY , *CONSTITUTIONAL amendments , *CONSTITUTIONAL law ,PAKISTANI politics & government - Abstract
In federal systems, upper chamber of the legislature is considered as a representative institution of the smaller units but the evidences suggest that the parliamentary features of federations limit the territorial role of the upper/federal chamber. This is because the relative party discipline in parliamentary democracies and the supremacy of popular house on the second chamber in such federations. Building on this proposition, the paper attempts to determine the territorial character of Pakistani Senate through evaluating its role for pro-autonomy legislation during the debates over 18th constitutional amendment in Pakistan. The evidence demonstrates congruence of opinion between the Senators and the members of National Assembly over certain autonomy issues. Hence, it seems to suggest that the parliamentary nature of the institutions limits the territorial of the Senate of Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018