Baikhtiar Awaam
Aik Tarmeem Awaam Ke Liye!
A people-led, non-partisan movement driven by the philosophy of Baikhtiar Awaam (Empowered Citizens). We envision a nation where power rests with its people through truly empowered local governments.
We are the National Movement for Empowered Local Governments, a people-led, non-partisan movement
We believe a stronger, more resilient Pakistan must be built from the foundation upward. The philosophy of Baikhtiar Awaam (Empowered Citizens) guides our mission to transform governance through local empowerment, ensuring that decision-making power resides with the people it affects most directly.
Creating resilient communities through citizen-led decision making and fiscal autonomy at the local level.
Pakistan's over-centralized system consistently fails to deliver essential services at the grassroots level
Local bodies are often underfunded, administratively weak, and arbitrarily dissolved by higher authorities, denying communities the right to empowered local government.
Essential community services—including basic healthcare, primary education, water, sanitation, and urban planning—suffer directly due to a lack of local control and accountability.
Citizens have no direct say over the critical decisions that affect their daily lives, forcing them to rely on distant, less-accountable tiers of government.
To achieve Baikhtiar Awaam, we demand a stable, fully functional system for every district, city, town, and village
Ensuring accountability to local populations through transparent democratic processes.
Possessing the power to raise revenue, manage local taxes, and control local budgets without external interference.
Free from undue political or bureaucratic interference from provincial or federal authorities.
Established as a permanent third tier of government with guaranteed stability and authority.
We demand specific constitutional amendments to permanently embed and protect the stability of empowered local government
Clearly defining the powers, functions, and financial rights of empowered local governments.
Ensuring timely, mandatory local elections that cannot be avoided or delayed.
Preventing the arbitrary suspension or dissolution of local governments.
Guaranteeing the right to local taxation and independent budgeting.
The functions that must be managed locally by the empowered local government
This movement is open to all Pakistanis. Our focus is not electoral politics but achieving lasting structural reform for a better future.
Building a national coalition of citizens, civil society, and experts united for the cause of empowered local governance.
Running comprehensive awareness campaigns online and on-ground to educate citizens about their rights and the importance of local governance.
Advocating directly with policymakers and legislators for the constitutional amendments needed to establish empowered local governments.
Creating peaceful, democratic pressure for reform through citizen mobilization, petitions, and public demonstrations.
The time for self-governance and an empowered Pakistan is now. Be part of the movement that will reshape our nation's future through empowered local governments, better services, and a stronger Pakistan.
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