Pakistan witnessed three forms of Govt, now it is PTI time to be on the stage
By Web Deskupdated : 1 month ago
Islamabad: 26 December 2020:Political analyst Zaigham said that in Pakistan we had three forms of political governments in the past. A King’s party like during Musharaf and Ayub era (also to some extent under Zia, until Junejo started asserting himself), then democratically elected governments like in 1988-1999 (where Boss used to pull strings and were effective to a great extent) and, finally, 1970-77 political government, Z Bhutto wanted to head towards a single party in the country (MNS also had similar ambitions during 1997-99).
PTI is a new phenomenon, it has the support like a King’s party, but it has it’s own popular base as well mainly among urban middle classes (around 30% of MPs are non-electables, of course elected with the help go Bossess) and PTI’s aim is also to become a single party in the country by reducing other parties to a degree where they become irrelevant.It is a new experiment in his opinion and a very dangerous one.
We need to debate it to make citizens and political activists understand what they are up against. It probably requires a different framework, was thinking on similar line, Zaigham has articulated this very well.
Pakistan witnessed three forms of Govt, now it is PTI time to be on the stage
By Web Deskupdated : 1 month ago
Islamabad: 26 December 2020:Political analyst Zaigham said that in Pakistan we had three forms of political governments in the past. A King’s party like during Musharaf and Ayub era (also to some extent under Zia, until Junejo started asserting himself), then democratically elected governments like in 1988-1999 (where Boss used to pull strings and were effective to a great extent) and, finally, 1970-77 political government, Z Bhutto wanted to head towards a single party in the country (MNS also had similar ambitions during 1997-99).
PTI is a new phenomenon, it has the support like a King’s party, but it has it’s own popular base as well mainly among urban middle classes (around 30% of MPs are non-electables, of course elected with the help go Bossess) and PTI’s aim is also to become a single party in the country by reducing other parties to a degree where they become irrelevant.It is a new experiment in his opinion and a very dangerous one.
We need to debate it to make citizens and political activists understand what they are up against. It probably requires a different framework, was thinking on similar line, Zaigham has articulated this very well.
