Government and Politics in Pakistan.

Callard, Keith; Ahmad, Mushtaq

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“…The Institute of Islamic Research was also established in the same year (Jalal, 2014, p. 111). In his runoff presidential election in 1964, the ulema responded in kind with fatwa issued by various seminaries that a woman cannot be head of the state, despite the JI putting all its political weight in favor of Fatima Jinnah (Ahmad, 2017;Khan, 2017, p. 162). Although Ayub won with 64% of the vote, the JI under Maududi showed its true strength as the religious political party (Mostofa, 2021b), whereas the JUI and JUP supported neither candidate (Pirzada, 2000).…”

Section: Islam or Autocracy?mentioning

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From pulpit to marketplace: The evolution of religious political parties in Pakistan

Hussain

2024

World Affairs

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This article analyzes the extent of involvement of religious political leaders and their apparent, rather reluctant, acceptance by the Pakistani public seen in recent times. The study also analyzes the role of religious leaders in giving way to right‐wing extremism or Islamic militarism and how this challenges the writ of the state. I hope to shed light on the state‐religious scholars' nexus, forging a lasting impression in the minds of the public of their coexistence. Religious leaders have been seen to support or gain currency at the time of autocratic rulers, which is evident in the history of the martial law regimes of General Zia ul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf. This study also examines the compromise of weak democratic parties in the intervening period between the two dictatorships as well as the recent rise of political as well as religious extremism. I examine the coexistence of the state‐religious scholars' nexus where religious sentiments, often leading to extremist views, are being played for political gains by the religious political leaders.

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From pulpit to marketplace: The evolution of religious political parties in Pakistan

Hussain

2024

World Affairs

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“…In a country officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, no facet of life is considered purely secular. The politics of Islam has been playing a very imperative role in the political arena enforcing to employ Islam as the prime source of identity development and nationalism in Pakistan (Aḥmad, 1970;Safi, 2021). The historical and consistent usage of Islam poses a serious question of whether Islam as an identity marker proved to be successful in accommodating a range of religious, sectarian, ethnic and cultural diversity in Pakistan?…”

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The Crisis of National Identity: Politics and Intersectionality of Identity Markers in Pakistan

Azam

Bilal

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Pakistan’s national identity has been a contested subject since the conception of the country in 1947. This article examines Pakistan’s struggle to create a coherent national identity, which has led to major identity crises caused by the conflict between the nation’s markers of identity, including religion, ethnicity, language, culture and historical reminiscences. While employing Benedict Anderson’s concept of nationalism, the article explores the perceptions of Pakistanis asking what should be the principal underpinning for defining Pakistani identity. In-depth interviews were used as the main qualitative method for the data collection. In order to conduct in-depth interviews, 47 residents of Rawalpindi, both males and females belonging to diverse sociocultural, political and educational backgrounds were selected through purposive sampling technique to ensure a variety of perspectives. The findings suggest that religion, ethnicity, language and patriotism emerged as major markers of Pakistani identity while the dissension between these indicators persistently exacerbates identity crises and undermines the values of religious and cultural pluralism.

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“…6 of 2014 concerning Villages has had broad consequences for government institutions at the village level. In order to realize the goal of village autonomy, which is to accelerate the achievement of people's welfare through improving public services in the village, government institutions at the village level are required to be able to provide easy, fast and inexpensive public services as long as the community has always dreamed (Ahmad, 1959;Eltrudis & Monfardini, 2020;Xie & Zhang, 2020). considering that people's access to easy, fast and cheap services from village government apparatus is still difficult.…”

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The Performance Of Village Government Apparatus In Improving The Quality Of Public Services In Hamparan Rawang Sub-District, Sungai Penuh City, Jambi Province

Hartanto,

Syamsir

2022

j. il.adm.publik.

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This research starts from a variety of problems that have emerged since the promulgation of new village regulations, namely Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages, where strengthening village capacity is being discussed, this certainly demands the performance of village government officials to carry out their duties and functions. The new paradigm of implementing village governance marked by the enactment of Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages has had far-reaching consequences for government institutions at the village level. The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance of the apparatus, the quality of public services, inhibiting factors and supporting factors in providing services in Hamparan Rawang Sub-District, Sungai Penuh City. This study used a qualitative approach in two villages in Hamparan Rawang Subdistrict as research objects. The results of this study indicate that the performance of village officials in improving the quality of public services in Hamparan Rawang Subdistrict has not been maximized and there are still many constrained by lack of budget factors, low quality of human resources, inadequate facilities and pre-facilities, and lack of understanding of village apparatus on IT implementation.

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Government and Politics in Pakistan.

Cited by 8 publications

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From pulpit to marketplace: The evolution of religious political parties in Pakistan

From pulpit to marketplace: The evolution of religious political parties in Pakistan

The Crisis of National Identity: Politics and Intersectionality of Identity Markers in Pakistan

The Performance Of Village Government Apparatus In Improving The Quality Of Public Services In Hamparan Rawang Sub-District, Sungai Penuh City, Jambi Province

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