THE DYNASTIC ELITIST POLITICAL PARTIES IN PAKISTAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PML (N) AND PPP MANIFESTOS

Abstract

Political elite existed in almost every society that holds political power, governs over the country, have has a stronghold over the economy, public office and power. In Pakistan, dynastic political parties exist and the leadership of most of the parties is heredity. The dynasties in Pakistan mostly are of feudal origin and their politics revolve around to strengthening their family interest. The current study focuses on the nature of dynastic political elitist parties in Pakistan particularly analysing the manifesto of the elitist political parties. The target political parties for the analysis of this research are Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN).