{
  "id": 959198,
  "title": "Centre, provinces taken to task for pushing local govts back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/centre-provinces-taken-to-task-for-pushing-local-govts-back",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T00:01:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2022878/centre-provinces-taken-to-task-for-pushing-local-govts-back"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LAHORE: Pakistan has failed for more than seven decades to establish an empowered, durable and democratically accountable third tier of government, while provincial governments have systematically withheld political, administrative and financial authority from elected local bodies, says a new report by a task force on local governance. The report, prepared by the BNU Centre for Policy Research…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}