Pakistan
Pakistan Peoples Party
Social democracy
Founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on a platform of Islamic socialism. Now campaigns on welfare expansion, provincial autonomy and civilian supremacy, with its base in Sindh.
- Founded
- 1967
- Positions as of
- 2024 general election manifesto
- Last verified
What does it believe?
Wealth and inequality
Created the Benazir Income Support Programme, Pakistan’s largest cash transfer scheme, and campaigns on its expansion.
Power and its limits
Drove the 18th Amendment devolving substantial powers from the federal government to the provinces.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- General Election Manifesto · Pakistan Peoples Party · 2024
- Party Constitution · Pakistan Peoples Party
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