Politics of Reconciliation in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Governance of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (2008-2013)

Abstract

This study aims to conduct an analysis about the politics of reconciliation in Pakistan
and focuses on the era of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians’ (PPPP) government
from 2008 to 2013. In this period, the politics of the PPPP was based on the
reconciliations with all the stakeholders of the country which brought fruitful results
for the democracy in Pakistan. The paper employs qualitative approach and historical
and analytical methods relying on both primary and secondary sources. The study is
significant as the Musharraf era which almost excluded both the major political parties
PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) compelled them to think about
reconciliation. The mutual discussions resulted in the signing of Charter of Democracy
(CoD) in 2006. This new journey of the political reconciliation and then
implementations of CoD for the restoration of democracy, provincial autonomy,
independent judiciary, and revival of true and parliamentary democracy, the free and
impartial Election Commission of Pakistan, appointment neutral caretaker set up are
the matters of prime importance.