ABSTRACT
A stable2 mechanism of protracted consultation,3 or what Heller4 calls constant feedback and negotiation, irrespective of periodic mandates, was made possible in Pakistan by means of the DC & DM (district commissioner & district magistrate). What is more important is that he utilized his protracted consultation functions to complement instrumentation of rule of law,5,6 ensuring a capable state.7 Strong instrumentation and reasonable protracted consultation, in turn, warrants an effective democracy.8
