May 10, PILDAT has carried out an analysis of the Election 2013 Manifestoes of major Political Parties of Pakistan. It is an attempt by PILDAT to highlight, for the benefit of the Pakistani electorate, how each of the major political parties plans to address key national issues confronting Pakistani State and society today. The comparative analysis of election manifestos of major political parties aims to provide a tool whereby the general public becomes more aware of the alternative choices available to them in the form of different political parties.

The report analyses the manifestoes of major political parties that are contesting the General Election 2013. The manifestos covered in this report include seven major political parties that are, in the alphabetical order: Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat-e-Ulema Pakistan – Fazal Ur Rehman (JUI-F), Muttahidda Quami Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League (PML), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Instead of analysing the manifestos of each political party separately, the paper analyses the position of each of the parties, included in the study, on a list of issues. The list of issues analysed in the study have either been derived from the results of public opinion polls in which people have ordered issues of importance or PILDAT has picked them as issues that dominate the 2013 Election debate.

For the purpose of analysis, parties’ positions have been defined as General, Detailed, Extensive or No Stance.

The paper can be accessed at https://www.pildat.org/publications/publication/
elections/Election2013_ManifestoesComparison.pdf