Abstract
This article critically examines the discursive strategies of Pervez Musharraf to
find out his ideologies in the background of his multiple identities i.e. Army
Chief, President and politician of Pakistan. The study is focused on analyzing
the discursive strategies used by Musharraf to express and acquire his
ideologies. It also studies the ways in which Musharraf explains and legitimates
his actions. Data for the present study is an interview of Musharraf to German
online magazine SIEGEL. I analyzed my data following the concept of ideology
and discourse suggested by Van Dijk (2006). The study concludes that
ideologies are attempted to be expressed and acquired majorly at two levels. In
the context of internal political discourse of Pakistan, the binary is between
Musharraf (as past and present political figure) and his opponent political
parties and the government. The other level of binary is between Musharraf as a
Pakistani politician/former head of the country/Chief of the Army staff of the
country and the West. He expresses his ideology at both levels in an effective
way but sometimes he fails to acquire the ideologies he attempted to acquire.
Shazia Ayyaz. (2017) Ideological Analysis of Pervez Musharraf’s Interview with SIEGEL (German Online Magazine), Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-24, Issue-2.
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