{
  "id": 2305267,
  "title": "Local bodies are indispensable: Aitzaz Ahsan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/local-bodies-are-indispensable-aitzaz-ahsan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T04:00:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024203/local-bodies-are-indispensable-aitzaz-ahsan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LAHORE: Criticising the governance system, senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan asserts that nothing has fundamentally changed in the country’s power structure since Aug 13, 1947, except for replacing the British flag with Pakistan’s national flag. He points out that the massive administrative machinery built by the British continues to run unchanged, leaving the nation burdened by $150bn in foreign…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "₹7,470 cr. cleared for infra works in Urban Local Bodies in A.P. under Hybrid Annuity Model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/7-470-cr-cleared-for-infra-works-in-urban-local-bodies-in-a-p-under",
        "published": "2026-08-20T15:23:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}