ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has passed the leadership baton to his brother, ensuring the continuation of a dynastic political system in a country where government has long been run as a family enterprise.

In Pakistan’s stratified, semi-feudal society, patronage and kinship play a huge role in politics, often dominating ideology.

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