PTI’S DHARNA (SIT IN), 2014 AND PPP RESPONSE AS PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION: AN OVERVIEW

Authors

  • Shaista Gohar Department of Pakistan Studies, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan     
  • Tasneem Sarwat Department of Pakistan Studies, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan
  • Nazish Farman Department of Political Science, Women University of Sawabi, KP, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.642

Abstract

This paper revisits the protest also known as Dharna of Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaaf (PTI) under the leadership of Imran Khan against the rigging allegation of elections of 2013. The paper briefly covers PTI’s Dharna (Sit in) in year 2014. The paper also presents an overview of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) response towards the protest of PTI as major opposition party in the parliament. This paper evaluates the views of major PPP leaders and legislatures about PTI’s Dharna (Sit in). This study is based on both primary and secondary data collection and applied through the qualitative method. Primary data included the selective interviews of politicians conducted in 2021 and secondary data included journal articles and mostly reliable newspaper articles.

Key Words: PTI, Dharna (Sit in), PPP, Parliamentary Opposition, Democracy.

Author Biographies

  • Shaista Gohar, Department of Pakistan Studies, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan     

    Lecturer

  • Tasneem Sarwat, Department of Pakistan Studies, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan

    Visiting Lecturer

     

  • Nazish Farman, Department of Political Science, Women University of Sawabi, KP, Pakistan

    MPhil Scholar

Additional Files

Published

2022-03-31

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“PTI’S DHARNA (SIT IN), 2014 AND PPP RESPONSE AS PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION: AN OVERVIEW”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 195–200, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.642.