PRESSURE GROUPS|CONTROL OVER GOVERNMENT|PAKISTAN|Sania Akhtar

#PRESSURE GROUPS

#CONTROL OVER GOVERNMENT

#PAKISTAN

#Sania Akhtar

 A group of people organized to exert pressure on the existing government or a public official to fulfill their common interests is known as a pressure group. 

The concept of pressure groups came from America (the U.S.). 

They have some common interests; social, political, economic, and others. 

Characteristic: 

• They are informal and sometimes formal. 

• They are temporary. 

Pressure groups exist in all states and at all ages. 

Types of Pressure Groups: 

There are various forms of pressure Groups; 

• Political pressure group 

• Business pressure group 

• Trade pressure group 

• Special interest group  

• Cause group 

• Lobbies 

Pressure group in Pakistan: 

In a democratic country, pressure groups play their roles for the common as well as for personal interest just like in Pakistan. In Pakistan, pressure groups work as follows: 

• Pressure group as a political party 

(MQM, BJP, ANP, TLP) 

• Pressure group in a political party  

(Shahid Khakan Abasi and Rana-San-Ullah Khan’s groups in PMLN) 

Jahangir Tareen, Aleem Khan, and Shah Mehmood Qureshi are groups in PTI. 

 Influence on government: 

In Pakistan, there is a multi-party system and some of the major parties like PMLN, PPP, and PTI form a coalition government with the help of small political parties and party pressure groups. 

Pressure group made a coalition government in 2018: 

In the general election of 2018, PTI won the majority of seats in parliament as compared to other major parties (PMLN and PPP) and formed a coalition government by making alliances with minor parties and pressure groups (MQM). 

Pressure group overthrew the government in 2022: 

PDM (Pakistan democratic moment) passed a vote of no confidence motion against former PM Imran Khan that was supported by 10 parties and pressure group (MQM) in National Assembly of Pakistan in 2022. 

Conclusion: 

In Pakistan, political pressure groups sometime support government and sometime the opposition till the fulfillment of their interests. They act as a bridge between the government and the public and as a checker on different policies of their interests. 

#PRESSURE GROUPS

#CONTROL OVER GOVERNMENT

#PAKISTAN

#Sania Akhtar