Pakistan, April 24 -- The federal government's renewed push for economic streamlining through mining ventures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan presents a complex stress test for our federation. And right now, the method is dangerously flirting with madness. At stake is not just $6 trillion in mineral wealth but the integrity of the constitutional order.

No one can deny the urgency of out-of-box solutions to win economic stability.

However, concerns raised by constitutional experts and provincial leaders are not without merit. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains locked in gridlock. Balochistan's legislature was allegedly blindsided by the imposition of mere "advisory" roles. These developments risk disempowering the very assemblies meant to ...