Youth Participation in the Politics of Pakistan: A Historical Review (1947-1971
Abstract
The paper reviews the historical patterns of the participation of youth in the politics of Pakistan. It is summed up that the political activities of the young Muslim students contributed in Pakistan Movement but instead of ruling Muslim League, opposition parties established their wings in young students that dominated the student politics in the first decade after Pakistan’s creation. Political activities of Bengali nationalist youth of East Pakistan have been recorded in this paper as a leading factor in the separatism of East Pakistan. Likewise youth were in forefront during the movement that collapsed President Ayub Khan.
Authors
Dr. Rizwan Ullah Kokab
Associate Professor, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Waris
Post - Doc Fellow, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Hamid Iqbal
Ph. D Scholar, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan