Federalism in Pakistan

Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic, powers shared between the Federal government and the provinces. Relations between federation and provinces is defined in Part V(Articles 141–159) of the constitution. Many Pakistani parties follow a federalist and regionalist ideology advocating for increased powers to be held with provinces. The Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination manages federal relations between provinces while the Senate of Pakistan is seen as the unifying body of the provinces of Pakistan.

Council of Common Interests
Council of Common Interests or CCI was body to solve disputes between federation and provinces. The membership of CCI consisted of the Prime Minister, Provincial Chief Ministers and three members nominated by federal government.

Legislative powers
The power of the Provinces and the Federal government were defined by the constitution and the legislative powers are divided into twenty lists. Concurrent List was abolished after 18th amendment, and most of them were transferred to provinces.