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Assignment # 4: COMSATS University Islamabad
Assignment # 4: COMSATS University Islamabad
Assignment # 4
Submitted By:
MUHAMMAD AHTESHAM
Registration no:
FA18-BCS-031
Submitted To:
Subject:
PAK STUDIES
Question
In democratic societies, political parties play a significant role in articulating citizens’ aspirations after
gaining support and electoral mandate given by people and general public. How do you define a
political party? Name few major political parties that exist in Pakistan. Furthermore, in your viewpoint
what are the certain problems that almost every political party face for carrying out their mandate
effectively and what is the way forward to restructure the political party systems as the main feature
& characteristics of a good political system?
ANSWER
Political Party:
Political party is group of people that have the identical ideology, otherwise have the same
political positions, and field applicants for elections, in attempt to get elected and thereby
instrument the party's agenda.
2: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
All major political parties are accused of democratic malpractices. Their leaders appoint
themselves as life chairpersons. Heirs are groomed to take over their father's mantle. Party
positions are distributed at a price to favorites .A some exemptions, political parties in Pakistan
have never held elections within their ranks. Repeatedly, influential politicians pursued and
fortified significant positions in key parties on the basis of recommendations. Heads of the chief
political parties are selected by their so called working commissions or Central Boards, which
again encompass non-elected chosen members.
The problem which is faced by the ruling party in Pakistan is bad conditions of law and order
over the past few years we have seen many terror attacks due to which many people lost their
life.
Absence of Building Up of Leaders
Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto leaders of the two mainstream parties, never invigorated the
development of alternative leadership in their parties. The parties in Pakistan do not build
politicians from workers to leaders, from low-ranking to high-ranking public activists and from
weak to powerful decision makers, commanding a progressively expanding jurisdictional
territory. Hence these parties face a problem in mobilizing their disenchanted workers who seem
to be in no mood to make sacrifices for the leadership.
Corruption and Lack of Accountability:
The political leaders focus on personal or vested interests instead of national interests. They have
always tried to achieve their vested interests in the garb of politics. They have never respected
the norms of democracy. That’s why our country has failed to develop healthy political
institutions and lasting democracy. After the October 1999 military coup, many analysts
described the two major political parties of Pakistan as “corrupt, incompetent, unpopular and
highly damaging to the welfare of the people in Pakistan” and observed that it was plutocracy
which was ripping millions of rupees away from the public exchequer. Such charges of
corruption against the party leadership further strengthened the feeling of alienation among the
people. Political parties’ funding in Pakistan remains an unanswered question.
Resistance parties:
In a democratic country a ruling cannot party cannot always rule freely mainly because of the
opposition party if their interest is not being served in any way they make it hard for the
government to practice their political power freely.
Citizen's Participation:
The political parties can courage to play a significant role only if they succeed in gathering the
masses around them. There are infrequently any membership campaigns accompanied by the
parties. Even those who joined them on one or the other pretext have been demoralized .Part of
the problematic lies in the internal working of these parties which does not deliver a sense of
contribution to the members.
Pakistan’s political parties absence mutual trust and thoughtful .The culture of political dialogue
has never taken roots in Pakistan. It was only in 1977 that the two competing political parties
entered a process of negotiations. Today, only circumstances have brought the Pakistan People’s
Party and the Muslim League together into the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy.
Mainstream as well the ethnic-regional parties, lack internal debate over policy alternatives.
Their priorities and preferences are not an outcome of household debates and discussion. Instead,
they are identified with their leaders.