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Awami National Party
Awami National Party • Asif Ali Zardari
Pashto: ملي عوامي ګوند
Pashto: Federal government
Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی
Urdu: • Prime Minister (List)
• Yousaf Raza Gillani
• Federal Cabinet
Judiciary
• : Supreme Judicial Council
• Supreme Court
Leader Member of National Assembly
Asfandyar Wali Khan • Chief Justice
• Federal Shariat Court
Founded 1986 • Chief Justices
Headquarters Central Secretariat • Islamabad High Court
Parliament Lodges • Provincial High Courts
Islamabad, Pakistan • District Courts
Ideology Socialism on a pan-Islamic basis, Political parties
Pashtun Nationalism • Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
International None • Muttahida Qaumi Movement
affiliation • Pakistan Peoples Party
• Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Website
• Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
www.awaminationalparty.org/ • Jamaat-e-Islami
• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Pakistan • Awami National Party
• Minor parties
Elections
• Election Commission
• Electoral College
• Presidential election, 2008
• General election, 2008
• Presidential election, 2007
• Presidential election, 2004
Administrative units
• : Provincial governors
This article is part of the series: • Balochistan
Politics and government of • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan • Punjab
Constitution • Sindh
• Constitution • Capital Territory
Parliament • Tribal areas
• Senate • Azad Kashmir
• Chairman • Gilgit-Baltistan
• Farooq Naek Local government
• National Assembly • : Districts
• Speaker • Tehsils
• Fahmida Mirza • Union councils
• Deputy Speaker Economy
President • Economic history
• President (List)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Awami National Party
• Karach SX differences over Kalabagh Dam and renaming the
Lahore SX province Pakhtunkhwa.[1] The party then joined the
Islamabad SX Grand Democratic Alliance, campaigning against the in-
Sialkot Trading Floor creasingly dictatorial Nawaz Sharif government’s poli-
Labour class cies. After Nawaz Sharif’s overthrow by Pervez Mushar-
Poverty alleviation expenditures raf, the party stayed an active member of the Alliance for
Currency Restoration of Democracy, until the September 11 attacks
Industrial sector in the United States in 2001, when it left the alliance over
Agricultural sector supporting the US ouster of the Taliban. The party’s rep-
Privatization sector utation was damaged in this period following the arrest
Electricity sector of former Federal Minister and senior party leader Azam
• Nuclear industry Khan Hoti.[2]
Automotive industry In the 2002 elections the party struck up an alliance
Mining Industry with the People’s party however both parties were elec-
Communication industry torally routed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the religion-
Aviation industry political alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) riding
Banking industry on a wave of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan.[3]
Real estate industry In the 2008 elections the party contested on its own
Pharmaceutical industry and won a plurality of votes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as
Science and Technological Industry well as winning seats in Balochistan for the first time in
15 years and in Karachi for the first time. It subsequent-
Foreign relations
ly formed a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is
• Indo-Pakistani relations
supporting the PPP government in the centre and Sindh
• Kashmir conflict
and Balochistan.[4]
• Embassies
The strongholds of the ANP are in the Pashtun areas
Other countries · Atlas of Pakistan, except in Punjab, particularly in the Pe-
Politics portal shawar valley of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
The Awami National Party (Pashto: ,ملي عوامي ګوندUrdu: while Karachi hosts one of the largest Pashtun popula-
;عوامی نيشنل پارٹیAcronym: ANP is one of the leading so-
ANP), tions in the world with 7 million Pashtuns living there.
cialist party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist Interna- In the election of 2008, the ANP won two Sindh assembly
tional. A strong proponent of the Pashtun nationalism, seats in Karachi.
its main area of electoral influence is in the Pashtun dom-
inated areas of Province, with some following in
Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.
Party presidents
The Awami National Party is one of the few parties in
Pakistan to hold a system of regular internal general
Formation and history elections every four year period.[5]
In 1986, the National Democratic Party merged with sev- • 1986-1990 Abdul Wali Khan
eral other progressive political and ethnic nationalist • 1991-1999 Ajmal Khattak
groups to form the Awami National Party. Abdul Wali • 1999-2002 Asfandyar Wali
Khan was elected as its president and Sindhi nationalist • 2002-2003 Ehsan Wyne
Rasul Bakh Palijo was elected its secretary general. The • 2003- 2007 Asfandyar Wali[5]
party from 1986-1988 was a member of the Movement for • 2007- 2011 Asfandyar Wali
Restoration of Democracy. • 2011- Asfandyar Wali Khan
The party formed a coalition government with the
People’s Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad af-
ter the 1988 election. This alliance collapsed in April 1989
Other leaders
after differences cropped up between the two parties. • Afzal Khan Lala
The Awami National Party formed an alliance with • Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
the Pakistan Muslim League in early June 1989 which led • Afrasiab Khattak, Provincial President ANP
to a formal split in the party with many activists allying PakhtunKhwa
with the PPP. • Shahi Sayed, Provincial President ANP Sindh
After the election of Nawaz Sharif to power after the • Bashir Ahmad Bilour
1990 elections the ANP again formed a coalition with for- • Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
mer rivals Pakistan Muslim League. This alliance proved • Latif Afridi
longer lasting, surviving till 1998 when it collapsed over • Bushra Gohar
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Haji Muhammad Adeel
Qazi Anwar
Controversies
• Mian Iftikhar Hussain On May 9, 2008 it was reported by DAWN quoting source
• Masood ABBAS KHATTAK from diplomatic sources that Asfandyar Wali Khan that
• Zahid Khan he made a secret visit to the United States in which he
• Azam Khan Hoti made high level contacts with the U.S Central Com-
• Hasham Baber mand.[10] This has led to criticism of the party by conser-
• Haji Mohammad Adeel vatives for being pro-American.
• Haji Jalani khan] 175"|National Assembly !width="175"|NWFP Provin-
• Malak Shaik Mohd. Yar Khan] cial Assembly seats won !width="175"|National percent-
• Eng.Zamrak Khan] age of polled votes |- |2008 |13 |48 + (2 in
• Srdar Asgher Khan] Karachi,Sindh)also three seats in Balochistan |- |2002 |0 |7
• Arbab Zahir Khan Kasi] |1.0% |- |1997 |10 |32/80 |2.31 |- |1993 |03 |18/80 |1.67% |-
• Bashir Jan |1990 |06 |23/80 |1.68% |- |1988 |02 |10/80 |2.80% |- |}[11]
• Bashir Khan Umarzai]
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Baz Mohammad Khan]
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See also
• Pakhtunkhwa
• Kalabagh Dam
• Dr. Khan Sahib
Ideology • Bahram Khan Family
The party espouses a liberal pro-Pashtun philosophy ad- • Pashtunistan
vocating regional autonomy and increased cultural ex-
pression. A frequent coalition partner in provincial poli-
tics, it was routed in the 2002 elections because of its op-
References
position to the Taliban and support for the US invasion of ANP quits govt after talks fail (28 February
[1]
Afghanistan. 1998)Raja Zulfikar. DAWN. DAWN group
It joined the opposition All Parties Democratic Move-[2] Waseem Ahmad Shah (29 September 2001) Govt-
ment, and along with other partys except the Pakistan ANP deal seen behind Hoti’s release.Issue : 07/39.
Peoples Party resigned from Parliament in October 2007 DAWN
in protest against the military regime of Pervaiz Mushar- [3] Pakistan on the Brink: Politics, Economics, and
raf. Society By Craig Baxter Published by Lexington
It was targeted in 2007 and 2008 by presumed sup- Books, 2004 ISBN 0-7391-0498-5, 9780739104989
[4] Abbas, Hassan. "Peace in FATA: ANP Can Be
porters of the Taliban.[6][7] Despite the attacks, the party
has advocated dialogue with moderate tribal elements Counted On." Statesman (Pakistan) (2007 Feb 4).
to end present violence in the Government of Khyber [5] ^ Asfandyar re-elected ANP president May 11, 2003.
Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It DAWN
has rejected foreign interference in the region whether [6] Shah, Syed (6 october 2007). "36 APDM MPAs resign
US or Al-Qaeda.[8] Since the 2008 elections the party has from NWFP PA sans JUI-F". THE NEWS. Jang group.
been the principal target of Tehreek-e-Taliban militants http://www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved december
with over 100 activists by February 2009 having been as- 2007.
sassinated by suicide bombers or in target killings.[9] It[7] Secularists Face Tests In Northwest Pakistan
has also accused the Pakistani establishment and [8] Pakistan’s ’Gandhi’ party takes on Taliban, Al Qaeda
Christian Science Monitor May 05, 2008. Retrieved
-05-09-08
of being complicit in allowing the growth of the Tehreek-e-Taliban in Pakistan because of
[9] ANP major victim of insurgency (Saturday,
2008 elections February 14, 2009) By Khalid Kheshgi. The News [1]
[10] US silent on visit of Asfandyar
In the 2008 elections, the Awami National Party beat [11] Herald Election Guide/October 2002 p38
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a party formed by coalition of
Islamic movements in 2002. It also won provincial seats
in Balochistan and in Sindh for the first time. It formed
External links
a coalition government with the Pakistan People’s Party • Awami National Party Official Site
in all three provinces. In the Government of Khyber • ANP Overseas
Pakhtunkhwa it has its first Chief minister since 1948. • Ghaffar Khan Site
• Baacha Khan Trust
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