why not we free provinces of Pakistan?

[PTI.KPK]

Well, its a huge differences between Pakistan and USA provinces.

 

[Leader]

It's more or less same in Pakistan after 18th amendment in constitution.

we need local bodies. thats all.

 

[Sugarcane]

we need local bodies. thats all.

We need empowered local bodies to be precise

 

[haviZsultan]

It was exactly what Bengal demanded when we went on a crazy frenzy and refused to accept their government. I think now if the provinces ask for this we should hand it to them. They should be free and electricity production can be increased greatly in Balochistan if we follow the said strategy of Imran Khan.

I also believe the divisions should become provinces though, and each province should have its own special rights. Only defence and foreign policy are subject to the state

 

[Pak_Sher]

why then they stage them in other countries ? in fact it was first time i have seen all flags

I am not sure. Even in the state of union addresses it is just the US Flag.

 

[nvKyleBrown]

I have lived in the US for 3 decades and have never seen a national event that raised all state flags. So may be more of a local topi drama then reality. @Zarvan @Pakistan Shaheen @Norwegian

This would be the US embassy representing all 50 states. They might even fly a few territorial flags as well. An embassy will have a large frontage. May as well stick some flag poles out there

It would be rare indeed to see them all at the same time in one place in the US. I believe the Mall in Washington, DC has such a display, but everywhere else you generally see a single flagpole with a US flag and the local state flag below it.

My own workplace has 5 flag poles, and flies the US flag in the center, with various other state or national flags on the other 4 poles (they have all 50 US state flags, plus a substantial number of other national flags in storage. They pick out a few each day, changing out everything but the US flag. But that is an unusual practice. If we have visitors from some particular international delegation, they would generally fly their flag for the duration of the stay as well.

Regarding the independence of US states, this is largely, but not entirely true. In general, I gather that Pakistan has a lot more state (in the national sense) ownership of things than the US. Most utilities in the US are NOT state owned (though a few are). They are run by private companies that have to obey regulations regarding emissions, and negotiate pricing in a regulated environment. Rules are a mix of state and national legislation, so it can be confusing to figure out what the rules are for some things.

For example, for a long time the national government regulated the max speed limit on all roads in the country to 55 miles per hour. They did this in a round-about-way, since regulating traffic is not part of their designated duties - they offered highway funding to the states (an interstate commerce issue), and tied the funding to a requirement that the speed limits be no more than 55. Everyone kowtowed to get the money. That law has since gone by the wayside, but the national government is prone to those kind of actions - they are essentially bribing the state governments to do what they want. The Constitution limits their ability to actually force states to do things, but it doesn't completely block creative efforts to induce desired behavior.

BTW, you may not be aware, but each state has it's own constitution. Most of the states are based on English Common Law, but Louisiana is an exception - it's based on French law, so its an oddball that way. Some are commonwealths, some are republics, some may have other arrangements that i'm not aware of. Next door to us, California has a permanently seated legislature. Nevada, on the other hand, has a part-time legislature that meets for 6 months out of every two years. Each state is a bit different, but they are broadly similar. Some like income taxes, some like sales taxes, some like property taxes - every mix is a bit different. Alaska famously pays a dividend back to it's citizens, just for living there.

 

[Salik]

They are a developed society. We are still developing and learning. They went through killing each other and lawlessness few centuries ago then evolved to learn from them. We are going through that process now.

When it comes to technology and facilities we adopt them at once but when there's question about social behaviour we say oh we're going through that evolution process. Isn't that we are missing something here.

 

[Zibago]

It was exactly what Bengal demanded when we went on a crazy frenzy and refused to accept their government. I think now if the provinces ask for this we should hand it to them. They should be free and electricity production can be increased greatly in Balochistan if we follow the said strategy of Imran Khan.

I also believe the divisions should become provinces though, and each province should have its own special rights. Only defence and foreign policy are subject to the state

And water resources don,t forget water resources they should not be handed to provinces