{"id":2281,"date":"2026-09-20T08:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2026-09-20T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:36:21","slug":"ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: A Stronghold That Refuses to Crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Summary<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/pppp.org.pk\/website\/\">Pakistan Peoples Party<\/a>&#8216;s grip on Sindh shows no real sign of loosening. Despite years of criticism over governance and corruption, PPP dominance in Sindh remains almost total in the province&#8217;s rural and semi-urban belts. The opposition, led loosely by the Grand Democratic Alliance, has never managed to turn scattered discontent into a real electoral threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Background<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sindh has voted PPP into power in election after election since the days of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The party built its base among Sindhi-speaking voters outside Karachi and Hyderabad, and that base has barely moved in decades. Even when national politics turned chaotic, PPP dominance in Sindh held firm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Democratic Alliance, led by Pir Pagara, was formed specifically to challenge this. It brought together old rivals of the PPP, families like the Mahars of Ghotki and the Mirzas of Badin, along with smaller nationalist parties. On paper, it looked like a real coalition. In practice, it has struggled to hold together.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Details<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the 2024 general election, the GDA&#8217;s numbers had collapsed. It went from 11 seats in the Sindh Assembly in 2018 down to just two. Several of its most influential candidates had already defected to the PPP before voters even went to the polls. Murad Ali Shah of the PPP was elected Sindh chief minister for a third consecutive term, securing 112 votes against MQM-P&#8217;s Ali Khursheedi, who managed only 36.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysts point to a simple pattern. Anti-PPP alliances get formed before nearly every election, and PPP dominance in Sindh survives them anyway. Political scientist Zulfiqar Halepoto has argued that voters in rural Sindh see little real alternative: choosing between the PPP and independent landlords or spiritual leaders, most pick the party that can actually deliver something once in office.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Quotes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PPP Karachi president Saeed Ghani dismissed talk of a serious challenge from the MQM-P, JUI-F and GDA alliance ahead of recent elections, pointing out that similar attempts in 2008, 2013 and 2018 had only ended up strengthening the PPP&#8217;s vote bank. His comment reflects how confident the party&#8217;s leadership has become about its position in the province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the PPP chairman, has framed the party&#8217;s continued rule in Sindh as a mandate to keep expanding development work, referencing commitments to rebuild schools and infrastructure damaged in the 2022 floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Impact<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PPP dominance in Sindh matters well beyond the province&#8217;s borders. It gives the party a guaranteed base of seats in the National Assembly, which shapes coalition math at the federal level regardless of how PPP performs in Punjab or elsewhere. It also means Sindh&#8217;s provincial government, its budget priorities, and its bureaucracy remain firmly under one party&#8217;s control, for better or worse depending on who you ask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regionally, the GDA&#8217;s weakness has pushed some of its former allies, including sections of the MQM-P, toward loose cooperation with the PTI instead, though these arrangements have tended to be short-lived and largely symbolic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing on the horizon suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/\">PPP dominance in Sindh<\/a> is close to ending. The GDA remains fragmented, MQM-P&#8217;s urban strength hasn&#8217;t translated into rural gains, and the PPP keeps absorbing rival politicians rather than losing ground to them. Barring a major internal split within the party itself, Sindh looks set to stay PPP territory for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>FAQs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Who is the current leader of PPP?<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bilawal Bhutto Zardari serves as the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, while his father, Asif Ali Zardari, holds the position of party co-chairman and also serves as President of Pakistan. Together they oversee the party&#8217;s strategy at both the federal and provincial level, with Zardari widely seen as the architect of PPP&#8217;s continued dominance in Sindh through decades of coalition-building at the district level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Who are the members of PPP?<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The PPP&#8217;s Sindh leadership includes a mix of long-time party loyalists and former rivals who have joined over the years, among them families from Ghotki, Shikarpur, and Thatta who previously contested against the party. Key figures include Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asif Ali Zardari, CM Murad Ali Shah, and Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Awais Qadir Shah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Can any party realistically challenge PPP in Sindh?<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So far, no. The Grand Democratic Alliance, MQM-P, and various PTI-backed independents have all tried to consolidate an anti-PPP vote in different elections, but none has managed to sustain momentum beyond a single election cycle, and most alliances have splintered soon after.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The Pakistan Peoples Party&#8216;s grip on Sindh shows no real sign of loosening. Despite years of criticism over governance and corruption, PPP dominance in Sindh remains almost total in the province&#8217;s rural and semi-urban belts. The opposition, led loosely by the Grand Democratic Alliance, has never managed to turn scattered discontent into a real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,237],"tags":[332,333],"class_list":["post-2281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","tag-pakistan-peoples-party","tag-ppp-dominance-in-sindh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party&#039;s grip on the province, GDA&#039;s decline, and what comes next.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party&#039;s grip on the province, GDA&#039;s decline, and what comes next.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Asian Chronicle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"635\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kainat Rajput\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kainat Rajput\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kainat Rajput\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\"},\"headline\":\"PPP Dominance in Sindh: A Stronghold That Refuses to Crack\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":746,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/PPP.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Pakistan Peoples Party\",\"PPP dominance in Sindh\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/\",\"name\":\"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/PPP.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\"},\"description\":\"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party's grip on the province, GDA's decline, and what comes next.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/PPP.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/PPP.jpg\",\"width\":635,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/20\\\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PPP Dominance in Sindh: A Stronghold That Refuses to Crack\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"South Asian Chronicle\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\",\"name\":\"Kainat Rajput\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kainat Rajput\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/kainat_123\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold","description":"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party's grip on the province, GDA's decline, and what comes next.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold","og_description":"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party's grip on the province, GDA's decline, and what comes next.","og_url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/","og_site_name":"South Asian Chronicle","article_published_time":"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":635,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kainat Rajput","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kainat Rajput","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/"},"author":{"name":"Kainat Rajput","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64"},"headline":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: A Stronghold That Refuses to Crack","datePublished":"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/"},"wordCount":746,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg","keywords":["Pakistan Peoples Party","PPP dominance in Sindh"],"articleSection":["National","news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/","name":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-20T08:36:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64"},"description":"PPP dominance in Sindh continues as rivals struggle to unite. A look at the party's grip on the province, GDA's decline, and what comes next.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPP.jpg","width":635,"height":430,"caption":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: How the Party Holds Its Stronghold"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ppp-dominance-in-sindh-how-the-party-holds-its-stronghold\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PPP Dominance in Sindh: A Stronghold That Refuses to Crack"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/","name":"South Asian Chronicle","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64","name":"Kainat Rajput","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kainat Rajput"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/author\/kainat_123\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2283,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions\/2283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}