This study aims to analyze the political landscape of Pakistan as it exists today and explain its structure, or lack thereof under the monumental changes brought about by the 18th amendment. In this regard, the textual analysis of 1973 constitution specifically, and the 18th amendment as a whole was carried out. Interviews from a selected sample of those directly involved and impacted by the amendment were conducted in order to address the research questions. Thematic analysis of the interview data was done so as 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, to discover the underlying workings of the 18th amendment. This analysis was then subjected to reliability testing of the sample in order to cross examine the evidence and corroborate key findings of the research. The analysis of the 18th amendment reveals that the document itself is highly conducive to existence of a theoretically perfect model of federalism. The problem lies in the fact that the amendment has to undo decades of damage to the political landscape of Pakistan under the various rulers. Some of this damage is highly intangible in nature, which can only be erased with time. The major hurdles in establishing a grassroot level democratic government, seems to be the political parties in power within the various provinces. Years of autocratic and dictatorial rule has rendered those in charge of these parties unwilling to provide an environment truly conducive to the perfect model of federalism.