Government and Politics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (A Study of ANP Governance) (2008-13)

Abstract

Democracy, necessitates basic freedom without any discrimination in terms of ethnicity, religion or any ideology. Each and every party under the philosophy of psephology to participate an efficient role both in political and electoral grounds so that utmost socio-economic welfare in very interests of common man is ensured and this is the basic essence of politics and any political party in the state whether national or regional and this is the reason that ANP after acquiring government in KP tried its best to bring this party and its community to mainstream national politics as Pakhtun community has been suffered in almost all fields as compared to rest of ethnicities in Pakistan and it is therefore ANP after 2008 tried with iron-hands   The conflicting forces of unity and diversity in Pakistan could not be balanced due to prevalence of acute ethnic and linguistic variations and lack of mutual interdependence of national and regional sub-systems. This study completely is an analysis of these crisis and its impacts on national politics with special reference to ANP, its manifestoes, character and orientation towards the national integration and development. The study will also analyze the participation of the concerned party in the socio-cultural values of the Pakhtun nation that for how much ANP became successful in its regional ambitions. The study of ANP as a political party is important as it is one of the key players in regional politics.

Key words: Ethnic Diversity, Pakhtun Nationalist Movement, ANP, Eighteenth Amendment, Politics and Governance in KP