Niloufer Siddiqui is an assistant professor of political science at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany-State University of New York (SUNY). She is also a Non-resident Fellow at the Stimson Centre and a Fellow at the Mahbub ul Haq Centre (MHRC) at LUMS. Her writings for Criterion Quarterly are: The […]
By Niloufer Siddiqui Abstract Effective and democratic political parties have failed to develop in Afghanistan as a result of legal and constitutional constraints instituted in the post-Bonn era. Already shrouded with a historical burden of illegitimacy, political parties are held responsible by the Afghan populace for the destruction unleashed during the communist and muhajideen eras.
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By Niloufer Siddiqui[1] Abstract. The MQM, Pakistan’s third largest political party, was formed in the mid-1980s as the Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz to represent the interests of the Mohajir (migrant) community. Its success in tapping into an increasing sense of Mohajir insecurity was evident upon its formation as the party gained, almost overnight, the support of
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