Abstract

Najeebullah Khan , Ghulam Muhammad Kundi *, Bahadar Shah , Amanullah Khan and Sher Kamal

The objective of this paper is to study the ground-realities of the system by gathering empirical facts and figures from the real actors of the local government work. Empirical results show that there is a lack of understanding of the system itself by all the users, which is making the system-performance-evaluation more ambiguous, complicated and thus, subject to a variety of interpretations. The regression analysis exposes other variables to determine the system prospects; however, the dominant beta-score of ‘popular participation’ and ‘government intervention’ convey a different message. That is, efforts should be made to increase participation but more importantly, a visible mechanism must be put in place to stop government intervention. It is however, worth mentioning that the public is optimistic about the new system and they are enthusiastic about the future of the system provided all the publicly noticed weaknesses and problems of the new system are taken up instantly and uprooted in time.