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The ouster of Mian Nawaz Sharif is a great blow to the PML-N. Indeed, it is a tough time for the party to be united till the coming election of 2018. Fundamentally, and relative to PPP, PML-N has a vote bank in right wing ranging from moderate to orthodox Muslims especially in the decisive province of Punjab. PTI is long struggling to grab this vote from PML-N and has been quite successful in this regard. Nawaz Sharif's soft corner for religious Sunni groups is no secret, and it had reflected in his vote bank in many cities of Punjab. Some recent moves in Pakistan political arena are an indicator of the scattered vote bank which previously was PML-N's. The launch of two new political parties by a banned religious is a significant development. In August this year, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed launched another party by the name of Milli Muslim League (MML). The MML is based on Ahl-e-Hadees might have a strong influence on the vote bank across Pakistan especially in Punjab. Another new political party, Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLR), showed its muscle in the NA-120 by-polls. This party was created after protest movement in favour of Mumtaz Qadri erupted. The roots of this party is based on the Barelvi school of thought that has a high number of followers in Punjab. The sympathisers of Mumtaz Qadri are not happy with PML-N as the former was executed during Nawaz Sharif's prime ministership. It is true that by-election does not show the eventual outcome of general elections, but some inferences can be made. If we analyse the voting pattern of by-election of NA-120 Lahore in September 2017, vacated as a result of ouster of Nawaz Sharif by Supreme Court, the winning PML-N vote bank decreased to 49.3 per cent from 61 per cent compared to general election of 2013. The decline is because of these two newly launched religious political parties where MML snatched five per cent of votes and Tehreek-e-Labaik secured six per cent votes. PTI improved its position while getting 37.6 percent compared to 35 per cent in last poll. The formation of these new religious political parties would definitely affect the vote bank of other parties including PTI, but one can expect further negative impact on vote bank of PML-N as death penalty of Mumtaz Qadri took place during the former's government. Another fear of creation of blocs within the PML-N also exists because of the grievances of party workers. We should not forget the suspicious role of Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif. It is reported in the press that Nisar is trying to form a forward bloc within PML-N to exploit the self-centred role of Nawaz Sharif and his family in the party. Some workers may join other parties as the ruling party's tenure nears end. Nawaz Sharif is well aware of the threat of emergence of rifts within the PML-N after his disqualification. His clear stance against the establishment is not a knee-jerk approach but a counter strategy to diffuse the aftershocks of his ouster on the charges of corruption. Nawaz
In this paper,a brief overview of all the three tenures of PML-N governments in Pakistan have been duscussed from its inception till 2018.
Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences
Linking Factors to Fragmentation of Political Parties The Case of Pakistan Muslim League2018 •
Democracy thrives in the presence of strong political parties. The essence of a strong democratic system thus depends upon a political system where political parties follow democratic principles in letter and spirit. Political parties are, however, bound to operate within a set of factors both internal and external to their respective parties' organizations. This research is a modest attempt to critically analyze a set of internal and external factors that caused the fragmentation of Pakistan Muslim League (hereinafter PML). A study of the PML is timely and important on the following three accounts. The factors that could be identified with the fragmentation of the PML are the presence of military influence, elitist leadership, lack of intra-party democracy, lust for powers, loose organizational structure, personality clashes among the leaguers, weak roots in the masses, lack of specific ideology, and coercive behavior of office-bearers. This fragmentation generated a faction-ridden political culture that may be one of the reasons of the crisis of democracy in the political history of Pakistan. The paper revolves around the main questions that how PML has historically been fragmentized and what were the factors that could be identified with the fragmentation of the PML and how the PML have been used for personal advantages. We attempt to study the fragmentation of the PML in the light of the factors just mentioned. Methodologically, descriptive-analytical method is being used to analyze the data.
This study attempts to analyze Pakistan People's party's electoral politics and campaigning with special reference to General Election 2008 in the province of the Punjab. This election has been significant in the electoral history of Pakistan because PPP showed signs of revival in the province after some time. This election in Pakistan was also significant because it demonstrated the continuity of electoral process which was restarted in 1988 and helped strengthen the democracy in the country. The charter of Democracy had provided a strong platform for the main stream parties to fight against dictatorship and even after the sudden death of Benazir Bhutto that agreement continued and both parties made seat adjustments during the election campaign. This policy of seat adjustment helped PMLN to win more seats than PPP and thus PPP lost initiative in the Punjab though remained successful at the Centre. Therefore, this paper tries to understand the electoral politics in Punjab and the role of PPP in the general election of 2008 in the province of the Punjab. The underlying hypothesis of this paper is that PPP failed to capitalize the political vacuum created by the PMLN leaders because of their exile from Pakistan. The study also conducted to investigate the place and position of the Pakistan People's Party in the political fabric of the province of the Punjab which had been under question for a long time because of the popularity of the Pakistan Muslim League and the unique leadership of Nawaz Sharif. The Paper also to find out that the People party though had not been in a position to form the Government at the provincial level since 1977 but had been one of the main popular parties in the province. Therefore, the election campaign and results are obvious proof that PPPP has been one of the main political parties in the Province and was in a position to form a coalition government which it preferred to form with the PML (N) because both these parties had concluded a Charter of Democracy in 2007 and had been cooperating with each other on various issues.
For decades now, the Pakistan establishment, including both political parties and the military leadership in pursuit of their own agendas, have propped up and exploited Islamist extremist and terrorist formations. Increasingly, however, these radical groups are realizing their own power and capacity for mass mobilization and, instead of operating as proxies for others, seek a direct political role for themselves. The 'political front' of the United Nations (UN)-designated terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed-led Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the Milli Muslim League (MML), will be contesting upcoming general elections scheduled to be held on July 25, 2018. The MML decided to contest on the platform of a "dormant" political entity, Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek (AAT), registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Ahmad Nadeem, an MML spokesperson, told PTI on June 9, 2018, MML president Saifullah Khalid and AAT chief Ehsan Bari have agreed to field joint candidates on the platform of AAT in the upcoming elections. Under the seat adjustment agreement, the MML will field more than 200 educated candidates. They will contest the elections on the AAT's election symbol chair. Asked if Saeed or any "significant leader" of the JuD would contest the election, Nadeem said, No ... Hafiz sahib has no such plans at the moment. The MML is taking part for the first time in the general elections and hopefully, we will make it to the parliament. Our priority is that those joining us from other political parties or educated youths in respective constituencies be given AAT tickets. We are hopeful that the people will elect our candidates. He added that AAT would launch its political campaign once its candidates filed their nomination papers. Saeed, the 'chief' of JuD, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT (http://www.satp.org/terrorist-profile/india-jammukashmir/lashkar-e-taiba-'army-of-the-pure')) front organization, and mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, launched his political party, MML, on August 7, 2017. Saeed 'nominated' Saifullah Khalid, a religious scholar and longtime 'official' of the JuD, as the President of MML. At the formal launch of MML in Islamabad, Khalid announced, We have decided to make a new political party, so that Pakistan is made a real Islamic and welfare state. Once he [Saeed] is released we will seek his guidance and ask what role he wants in this political party. We demand an immediate release of Hafiz Saeed.
Asian journal of social sciences and humanities
Political Parties: A Factor of Stability in Pakistan 1999-20082013 •
This paper studies the Pakistan's political stability in the context of the role of the political parties from 1999 to 2008. It also highlights that the culture of political parties went through a profound change during the Musharraf era in the result of the reforms introduced by the military regime. The questions how the political parties strengthened themselves in response to and due to the challenges posed by the army rule and how parties performed for the development of the stability in the country have been dealt. The role of ruling parties - Pakistan Muslim League (PML(Q)), Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) - as well as the opposition parties - Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML(N)), and Mutahida Majlis-i- Aml (MMA)'s religious parties - as the safeguard to the instability has been defined through a qualitative research. It was assessed that the political parties matured themselves and did not sacrifice the stability of the country for their pol...
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