Semi-Presidentialism and State-Centricism in Pakistan: A Case Study of Authoritarian Federalism during Pervez Musharraf Regime

This study focuses upon the trends of center-province relations during 2002-08 by examining politics of centralization and patronage. As this era was ruled under an umbrella of authoritarian regime where president of Pakistan was also the chief of army staff himself; this is universal trend in entire world that when military took over the politics, it tries to adopt constitutional engineering regarding legitimize its rule. Same was the situation during 2002-08. This study investigates how this regime ensured political development by applying semi-presidentialism, state-centricism and authoritarian federalism. Constitutional engineering during the Pervez Musharraf regime was actually the exhibition of semi-presidentialism, state-centricism under authoritarian federalism. However, along with having criticism regarding worse Centre-provinces relations, there is also a list of admires from several political scientists. The study is based on the analytical version and primary and secondary sources are the part of the research