Leadership Rhetoric and Political Intolerance among Party Workers in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study
Keywords:
Ideological Belief, Ethnicity, Sectarianism, Leadership Rhetoric, Political Worker, Political IntoleranceAbstract
This study was designed to examine the Leadership rhetoric and political intolerance in party workers of Pakistan, recognizing the fat that ideological belief, leadership rhetoric, sectarian and ethnic identities, and socio –economic tensions have powerful impact on Political workers in increasing political intolerance. This study is explanatory in nature and Qualitative method by approach. The target population was the political Leaders of four major political parties as, Pakistan Muslim League Nawas, Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreke Insaf and Tehreke labaik Pakistan, from federal capital; Islamabad and provincial capitals; Gilgit Baltistan, (Gilgit) Sindh ,(Karachi), Punjab (Lahore ) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar) and Balochistan (Quetta) were taken as study sample The data was collected with a Structured interview protocol and was analyzed by applying thematic Analysis . The result of the study showed profound ideological conviction, leadership rhetoric, ethnic and sectarian divergence perform a crucial role in political intolerance among political workers of Pakistan. This study recommends that through an integrated approach consisting of effective law enforcement, propagation of inclusive democratic values, civic education, economic and social development, and counter-radicalization. It is imperative to create a situation where political grievances can be resolved through peace, religious and sectarian concord, and political workers and citizens are empowered to engage in the democratic process without fear of violence or coercion
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