Abstract
This research explores the impacts of agitational politics on
economic development especially in a developing state like
Pakistan. Political stability is a basic requisite for economic
development and social integrity. Political parties play a pivotal
role in political stability. Economic development and
advancement are possible if the country is politically stable. It
directly influences economic growth. In the case of Pakistan
agitational politics, political vulnerabilities and inside security
issues have undermined the financial advantageous situations.
Shocks and effects of political events such as Lawyer movement
2007, Azadi and Inqilab March 2014 directly influenced the
inflation rate from 2007 to 2018. Inflation is a negative
proportional factor in economic growth. The inflation rate is an
annual percentage of the cost of goods and services of the
consumer’s basket. In this research paper, Inflation is used as
the dependent variable, whereas agitational politics as an
independent variable. Due to agitational politics, the inflation
rate and consumer price index (CPI) directly affected.
Khadija Murtaza, Dr. Mian Muhammad Azhar , Zainab Murtaza. (2020) Impact of Agitational Politics on Inflation: A Case Study of Pakistan, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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