Pakistani State Power Structure: Old and New Faces

Abstract

The hitherto Pakistani state power structure has been dominated by the landed elite, indigenous and metropolitan bourgeois, civil and military oligarchy. Nevertheless, some new power contenders have been successful in finding space, amidst the presence of old one, in the state power structure. This research article answers the question: what individuals or groups have made entry into the Pakistani state power structure in the last couple of years? Secondary as well as primary data through interviews have been consulted, collected and interpreted through content analysis. In addition to the landed elite, indigenous and metropolitan bourgeois, civil and military oligarchy, we found that section of judges of the superior courts, electable (s) and new religious right, i.e. TLP, have entered into the Pakistani state power structure.