Murtaza Solangi, the Federal Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting, and Parliamentary Affairs, stated on Tuesday that local government empowerment was the key to any nation that has reached the pinnacle of progress. “From my personal experiences and comprehension, a democracy cannot exist without local government,” he declared during his two-day lecture at the Civic Hackathon “Problem Identification.” The minister expressed the opinion that one of the main issues in Pakistan’s political history has likely been the absence of a robust local government structure. He described the civic hackathon problem identification conference as an extremely intriguing endeavour, with the goal of bringing together professionals from the public, business, and civil society sectors to collaboratively identify the most urgent civic issues facing the nation.