The heads of our state or government are our leaders; they
are political executives who have the power to influence state laws and regulations,
the constitution, basically change the way a country is run.
Heywood discusses different types of leaderships and various
political executive styles. Popular leadership seems to be the norm of
Pakistan, and as Heywood states popularity is very important for the stability
or instability of a regime.
In Pakistan it does not matter if it's a parliamentary
system or presidential system, the party with maximum seats will rule the
country and its chairman will be the head of the state. Any positions given to
other individuals will be mainly ceremonial. For example, Nawaz Sharif is head
of the state as Prime Minister during PML-N's government, while Asif Ali
Zardari was head of the state as President during PPP's government.
Different executives gain popularity among their party members
or public due to their conduct. There are some transformational leaders in
Pakistan who had the ability to take a visionary position and inspire people. For
instance, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who changed the way people saw Pakistan with one
slogan, "Roti, Kapra, Makan", then recently we have had Mr. Imran
Khan who encouraged people to stand up for their rights and mobilized them. On
the other hand, we have had transactional leaders who go about their term
exchanging favors between the leader and the followers of reward for applied
effort. For example, there is no doubt in the fact that PML-N's regime is best
suited for industrialists and businessmen as the policies become corporate
friendly.
1 comment:
yes, popularity is very important for the stability or instability of the regime. If a government is failing to deliver to it's people, or is getting unpopular, then certainly this would lead to revolutionary thoughts against government among the people. And this would lead to overall instability of a regime.
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