The Provincial Human Security Index Chapter: 16 THE PROVINCIAL HUMAN SECURITY INDEX There is a dire need for construction of a Human Security Index at the Provincial Level in Pakistan. Following the fundamental changes to the Constitution through the 18 th Amendment, many more functions have been transferred to Provincial Governments. Simultaneously, the 7 th NFC Award transferred a substantially larger share of federal revenues to these Governments. The Provincial Governments now play a key role in ensuring human security to the population within their respective jurisdictions. This includes the provision of basic services like law and order, justice, education, health, water supply and sanitation and roads. They are also responsible for policy and project interventions, especially in the area of agricultural development and natural resources. This chapter is organized as follows. There is first a summary of the number of indicators in each component of the Provincial HSI. This is followed by a listing of these indicators, the sources of data, and the latest year for which relevant data is available. Efforts are made to highlight the inter-provincial disparities in some key indicators. The next section presents the provincial index values in the four components of the HSI, namely, freedom from‘fear,’ freedom from‘want,’ freedom from‘inequality’, and governance. The last section then highlights the magnitudes in major groups in the HSI in each province. 16.1 The Number of Indicators The number of indicators in different parts of the HSI are presented in Table 16.1, along with the sources of data and the latest year for which information is available. 133