Tuesday 26 February 2013

political parties of pakistan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf


Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan leads Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf under the slogan, "Change".
On 25 April 1996, in Lahore, the Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI), a social democratic and radical political movement, was founded by Imran Khan. The PTI boycotted the 2008 general elections but became more politically active in 2011. The PTI claims to represent all Pakistanis, regardless of religion, ethnicity, language or residence. It aims to create a modern, egalitarian Islamic democratic welfare state.[1][2][3] The PTI promotes a nationalist agenda, arguing that terrorism, extremism, and radicalisation have increased since Pakistan joined the War on Terror. The party holds 32 seats in the National Assembly. It is strong in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Provincial Assembly of Punjab.

Pakistan Muslim League


Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a wealthy industrialist, is the leader of the largest political party, Pakistan Muslim League-N.
On 11 May 2013, the PML (PML Nawaz group, or PML-N) became Pakistan's ruling party. It holds 16 of 103 seats in the Senate[4] and 189 seats in the National Assembly.[5] Prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been the PML leader since 2011. It is a fiscally conservative party which holds moderate religious and social policies. It promotes strong and friendly relations with India, the US and the EU. The PML was initially supported by the Pakistan's military oligarchy and intelligence community and in particular by the army general, Hameed Gul.

Pakistan People's Party


Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan and the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
On 30 November 1967, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), an Islamic socialist party, was founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 - 1979). The PPP won the 1970 general election on a socialist agenda of Roti, Kapra, Makan (bread, clothes, shelter). It supported ties with China and ruled Pakistan after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. After a first parliamentary term, the PPP succeeded at the Pakistani general election of 1977. Under Benazir Bhutto, the PPP became a secular party that promoted privatisation in order to secure funding from the US and the World Bank. From March 2008 to March 2013, it was leading party of ruling coalition. Party faced defeat in elections of 2014. The PPP currently holds 41 senate seats and 42 national assembly seats.[6]

Jamaat-Islami

On 26 August 1941, Lahore, the rightist, Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), by Abul Ala Maududi, a Muslim theologian and philosopher. It aims to create an Islamic democracy in Pakistan ruled under Sharia law. The JI elects its leader (emir) in along democratic lines; Siraj ul Haq is the incumbent emir. After the independence of Pakistanin 1947, JI moved its base to West Pakistan (remaining members formed the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind) and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, opposed the independence of Bangladesh, but in 1975, established there an independent political party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. JI now has its headquarters in Mansoorah, Lahore. JI has an association with international Muslim groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. JI holds 3 seats in the National Assembly and 7 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Jamiat Ulema-s-Islam

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy, Fazl-ur-Rahman Group, JUI-F) is an ultra-conservative religious and theocratic party which, in 2002, formed a ruling coalition with Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and with the PML(Q) in Balochistan. It holds 11 seats in the National Assembly, 7 seats in the senate, 13 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 6 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. Its economic policy is socialist and moderate.[7]

Awami National Party

In 1986, the Awami National Party (Popular National Party, ANP) was founded by Abdul Wali Khan. It is a leftist, secular party that promotes Pashtun nationalism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism. It supports ties with Afghanistan, India, and the US.[8] The ANP holds 12 seats in the senate and 1 seat in the national assembly. Asfandyar Wali Khan, grandson of Bacha Khan is the incumbent president of the ANI. Between 2008 and 2013, it was part of the ruling PPP led coalition.[9] It performs well in Pashtun dominated areas in and around Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Balochistan and Sindh provinces.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (United National Movement, MQM) was founded in 1978 by Altaf Hussain (who went on, in 1984, to found the Muhajir Quami Movement) from the student organisation, the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO). It is supported by the urban Muhajir community of Sindh.[10] The MQM is socially liberal and democratic.
In 1997, the MQM officially removed the term Muhajir, which refers to Urdu-speaking Muslims and replaced it with Muttahida (United). Between 1992 and 1999, the Pakistan Army, in Operation Cleanup, attempted to suppress the MQM.[11] On 11 September 2001, the MQM condemned attacks by al-Qaida in the US with public demonstrations.[12]

Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party

Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party demands equal rights and identity for Pashtuns of Balochistan and demand new province for them. Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (Pashto: پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند / Urdu: پختونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی) (PkMAP) is a Pashtun democratic political party in Pakistan. The moto of PkMAP is to unite Pushtuns of Balochistan, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas.[2] Mahmood Khan Achakzai is the current party chairman. Abdul Rahim Mondokhail Advocate is the deputy chairman and a current senator of Pakistan. Sher Ali Bacha was the first Secretary General of Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. The party boycotted the 2008 general elections in protest of what the party regarded as the unconstitutional election held by president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharaf.[citation needed]
The area in which the party has influence spreads from Bolan to Chitral.[citation needed]

Regional parties

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