Pakistan's Changing Political Landscape Tests Established Parties
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Pakistan's new political leadership is very experienced, with many politicians that have been in power since the 1990s.
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However, Pakistan is a young country that is rapidly changing, and the old political elite seems out of touch.
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Imran Khan and the PTI have tapped into a desire for change and new faces in politics. Their popularity continues to grow.
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Older parties like PML-N and PPP are still dominated by political families and seem to cling to old assumptions about what voters want.
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If established political parties ignore the changes happening in society beneath them, they risk further decline.