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To a greater extent, the MRD's was hailing from Sindh where the left-wing orientation was much stronger than any other provinces of the country. The Communist Party, with the support from USSR, began its political operations in Sindh and ultimately calling for civil disobedience against the military regime. [7]
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P), which was the largest and most popular party in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban areas of Sindh, faced a tough challenge from the rising popularity of the PTI and received its worst ever result. It won only 21 seats and became the third largest party in the province.
Macroeconomic populism is a term coined by Rudi Dornbusch and Sebastian Edwards in a 1990 paper. [1] The term refers to the policies by many Latin American administrations by which government spending and real wages increase in a non-sustainable way leading to inflation, then stagflation and ultimately an economic collapse that drops real wages to lower than they were before the populist ...
The Dominion of Pakistan was created as a result of the Pakistan Movement in 1947. Upon gaining independence, Pakistan inherited a strong bureaucracy and army from the British Raj . There has since been no major change in this bureaucratic set up since it was first implemented by the British, although reforms were proposed by the Musharraf ...
10 2 1 13 5 Pakistan Muslim League (F) 533,385 6.27 1.17 22 6 2 8 4 National Peoples Party: 174,848 2.05 9 2 2 2 Awami National Party: 69,138 0.81 15 2 2 2 Independents & Others 446,452 5.24 Total 8,511,144 100% 130 29 9 168 Valid votes 8,511,144 97.90 Invalid votes 182,208 2.10 Votes cast/ turnout: 8,693,352 44.57 Abstentions 10,813,121 55.43
Overall, the election campaign for the Pakistan Peoples Party was based mainly on garnering support in Sindh, while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaign was mainly based in Karachi. The Pakistan Peoples Party ran on the platform of praising the nationalisation and welfare programs since they took office in 2008, [ 3 ] although the Muttahida ...
As a result, the election once again became mainly a contest between the PPP and the PML-N. [7] Over 6,000 candidates stood in the election, with 1,758 standing for the National Assembly and 4,426 for the four provincial assemblies. [8] Major campaign issues included corruption, the economy, ethnic and religious conflicts and growing terrorism. [4]
More than 70 parties contested the elections. The main parties were the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam), which was also called the "King's Party" for its unconditional support of the government, and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six religious political parties.