期刊名称：Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal
电子版ISSN：2664-8148
出版年度：2021
卷号：5
期号：1
DOI：10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.21
语种：English
出版社：IDEA PUBLISHERS
摘要：This paper addresses critical aspects of women’s political leadership in Pashtun society. The primary questions under investigation are; whether Nasim Wali Khan acquired political leadership skills and if she did, how she utilized these skills to accomplish her political objectives? We analyse how familial political apprenticeship as well as career progression, enabled Nasim Wali to attain and retain leadership positions successfully? We do so mostly with the help of analyzing primary data collected through in-depth interviews of Nasim Wali Khan, her family members, political workers, journalists, and academicians to comprehend to support our argument. Secondary data, used in this paper was collected from books, journals, newspapers, and magazines to gain information about leadership skills of Nasim Wali Khan. This study highlights the qualities bestowed with and acquired by Nasim Wali Khan over a while to attain a leadership position within a political party. The study argues that by developing her political skills, such as political acumen, eloquence, political astuteness, efficient decision making, confidence, and social astuteness, etc., she auspiciously engraved a political constituency in an otherwise patriarchal Pukhtun population. In such a way the paper explains the critical odyssey of Nasim Wali Khan in the uncertain sphere of politics.
