Abstract
Kinship (Baradarism) ties have been playing a vital role in man‟s social, economic and political life throughout ages.
The establishment of society and state owe much to this cohesive force since the early stages of evolution of polity
from dealing to the common and simple state of affairs to the modern day complex systems of running a government
in this era of globalism. Generally, Kinship politics is commonly found in tribal societies across the world yet these
ties still play an important and fundamental role in formation process of civil governments especially in developing
countries like Pakistan, Indonesia and most of the African states. The Pakistani society and politics generally and
Punjab politics especially has not yet been able to break the olden shackles of regional, tribal and kinship affinities.
Non democratic forces like the military regimes, particularly augmented these affinities to minimize the role of
political parties in Pakistan politics. The objective of this research is to analysis the role of baradarism in the politics
of Sialkot which is recognized hub of business activities in Pakistan. The research is held to analysis following
hypothesis; Baradarism always influence election whether non-party or party based in Sialkot, Political parties give
the election ticket to the dominant biradaries in Sialkot region, Punjab politics cannot exist without baradarism.
Qualitative approach is adopted to analysis the hypothesis. In spite of the lethal combination of business and politics,
Kashmiri and Gujjar biradaries are considered nearly political parties in Sialkot
Humaira Dar, Qudsia Batool, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Imran Alam. (2020) The Role of Biradarism in Punjab Politics: A Case Study of Sialkot, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 57, Issue-3.
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