22 religious parties participate in the Pakistani elections scheduled for next Tuesday. What are their chances of reaching the national parliament and regional councils and participating in the central government? The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Party, led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, is the most prominent party.
Since the founding of Pakistan in 1947, religious-oriented political parties have not obtained the electoral results that would enable them to form a government. The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan would make the religious parties in Pakistan lose the card to mobilize the religious segment.