Religious populism in Pakistani Punjab: How Khadim Rizvi’s Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan emerged

Ahmad Sabat, Muhammad Shoaib and Abdul Qadar
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Muhammad Shoaib: COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
Abdul Qadar: National University of Medical Sciences, Pakistan

International Area Studies Review, 2020, vol. 23, issue 4, 365-381

Abstract: Khadim Rizvi’s open manifestation of religion helped him become one of the most popular leaders of Barelvi-Sunni Muslims in Pakistani Punjab. He emerged as the leader of a moral community during a crisis. After a series of protests and negotiated agreements with the federal and provincial governments, he was able to translate his support into electoral power. In the 2018 election, his TLP bagged 1.8 million votes (National Assembly seats) from Punjab. It was the first instance in recent political history when a newcomer religious party finished third in the province. No religious party had been able, in the last three elections (2008, 2013, 2018), to impact elections in Punjab as the TLP did in 2018.

Keywords: Religious populism; politicisation; Barelvi; election; Punjab (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/2233865920968657

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