Abstract
This article seeks to understand the political landscape of Pakistan as it exists today and explains its structure. The study utilizes a textual analysis approach to analyze parts of 1973 constitution, and the 18th amendment as a whole. Interviews of those accountable for the 18th amendment have been conducted to gain insight into its success in establishing a democratic federation. Analysis of the interviews was done in order to determine the general theme of responses and generate a discussion with respect to the specific research questions. Subsequently the final data was subjected to an ontological and epistemological study. The analysis of the 18th amendment reveals that the document itself is highly conducive to the model of federalism.