The trends in SEA implementation may indicate that
Pakistan is struggling with the challenges of good governance
due to political pressures where the environmental assessment
process is used more as a project rationalization tool as
opposed to an environmental sustainable decision support
system. Meanwhile, notable progress of SEA implementation
in Pakistan has been the mandatory inclusion of the public
participation requirements for all public sector projects. SEA
prospects seem to be in the development of environmental
tribunals to ensure the environmental rights of stakeholders