Asia & Oceania

Pakistan

Political journey

Created in 1947 as a homeland for South Asian Muslims, Pakistan lost its eastern wing, now Bangladesh, in 1971 and has alternated between elected governments and military rule. It is a nuclear power with a long rivalry with India, a constant role for the army in politics and recurring economic crises. Shehbaz Sharif has been prime minister since 2024.

Pakistan today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Pakistan today

Portrait of Shehbaz Sharif

Shehbaz Sharif

Prime Minister of Pakistan, 2022 to 2023 and 2024 to present

Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and a former chief minister of Punjab, known for large infrastructure projects and for leading coalition governments through economic crisis and tensions with India.

Shehbaz Sharif sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Political views closest to Pakistan’s leadership

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.96%

Other people from Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureateBenazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

Trinidad and TobagoAmericas99%Dominican RepublicAmericas99%MoroccoAfrica & Middle East99%ParaguayAmericas99%

Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.