PPP in post-Benazir era
Keeping in line with the politics of dynasty, Pakistan and the PPP has again proved it could not rise above the petty ideals of short-term political gains. They had to elect Benazir Bhutto's son and father to lead the party! The latter is already smeared with an aura of corruption and the former is an untested adolescent with no political experience whatsoever. Unfortunately, the same goes for current Bangladesh. Even after the massive changes of 1/11, the political dynasties seem to enjoy significant control over the national politics. It is still quite difficult to imagine a political landscape without Sheikh Hasina or Khaleda Zia.
This just demonstrates that in the subcontinent, either the current political system and environment is bankrupt where a leadership unrelated to any family clan is not allowed to develop or the grassroots level political activists with mass-oriented agenda have become irrelevant.
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