in my opinion the biggest reason for failure of local governments is that they are not given their due powers to work. the federal and provincial governments try to keep powers in their hands instead of passing them on to lower level. further they create difficulties for them by not providing them the required finances. Also the affiliation with political parties (which should be a positive aspect) becomes a negative aspect in Pakistan as parties decide how the elected persons would work so that the party gets favoured. real devolution of power with least impediments is the only way which can make the local government system successful