New Delhi model: Based on New Delhi’s model, the subcommittee for administrative reforms has suggested establishing the Islamabad Capital Territory Government.
New Delhi model, This suggestion was included in the committee’s interim report, which was prepared under Barrister Zafarullah’s direction. “Islamabad should be governed by a representative administration with democratic oversight. The report suggested that authority be delegated from the Federation to the administration of Islamabad.
The report recommended that institutions be established in a coordinated fashion rather than as dispersed departments. The paper stated that the Federation should establish an appropriate administrative structure, based on the Gilgit-Baltistan province administration as a model.
New Delhi model, To finalize its suggestions, the subcommittee will convene the following week. The group will provide its recommendations to the ministerial committee, which is chaired by Ahsan Iqbal, the Federal Minister for Planning and Development.
As suggested, the representatives of the elected Islamabad Assembly (ICT) will be chosen directly. Topics like master planning, the police, and homes will not be covered in the assembly. The leader, known as the mayor, will be chosen by the Islamabad Assembly. The assembly will hold the mayor responsible. ICT divisions will be organized similarly to provincial departments. They will be few in number and will be separated into four categories: general, social, economic, and development.
The interim report states that the mayor will oversee all departments with the exception of master planning, home, and police. The federal government will be in charge of the master planning, home, and police departments. CDA will operate under the ICT government, along with all other institutions. There will be a chief secretary in place of the chief commissioner.
There will be an IG police, as suggested. A secretary will be in charge of each department. Through the chief secretary, the home, police, and master planning departments will answer to the federal government. Like Gilgit-Baltistan, the ICT government will enjoy total budgetary and administrative autonomy. It will create regulations to manage its operations.
The Islamabad Capital Territory Act 2025 will be passed in order to accomplish these goals. On the recommendation of the federal government, the president may make an order under Article 258 of the Constitution for interim management, as was done in GB Order 2018. In accordance with this, the Rules of Business 1973 will also be modified. Within a month, the proposed legal draft would be ready.
According to the committee report, the majority of the current ICT institutions will undergo restructuring, negating the necessity for a new funding arrangement. There will be two timetables for the ICT government. The federal government will control the home, police, and master planning departments, which are included in Schedule A. The 26 departments in Schedule B will be under the jurisdiction of the ICT government.