Transformation for survival
January 18, 2021
Religious parties have always been very instrumental in the making and breaking of governments – military and civilian – in Pakistan.
They work in pockets in different areas of the country. And running in the mainstream of national-level politics has kept them away from becoming a party of a specific region or a province. The good thing about them is that they are also the units of federation. They score less seats in the legislature, but they do represent all of Pakistan, with their elected members becoming part of the National Assembly from all four provinces of the country. Their participation in coalition governments or part of the opposition shows that they are a rather important ingredient in the country’s politics.