Awami National Party عوامی نيشنل پارٹی عوامي نېشنل پارټي | |
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| Pashto name | عوامي نېشنل پارټي (lit. اولسي ملي ګوند) |
| Abbreviation | ANP |
| Leader | Aimal Wali Khan |
| President | Zmarak Khan Achakzai |
| General Secretary | Muhammad Saleem Khan |
| Spokesperson | Ehsan Ullah Khan |
| Founder | Abdul Wali Khan |
| Founded | 26 July 1986 |
| Preceded by | NAP (Wali) |
| Headquarters | Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar |
| Student wing | Pakhtun Students Federation |
| Youth wing | National Youth Organization |
| Ideology | Liberal socialism[1] Pashtun nationalism[2][3] Secularism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-left[4] to left-wing[3] |
| National affiliation | Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement Pakistan Democratic Movement |
| International affiliation | UNPO Progressive Alliance |
| Colors | Mahogany |
| Slogan | Peace, Democracy, and Development |
| Senate | 3 / 96 |
| KPK Assembly | 2 / 145 |
| Balochistan Assembly | 3 / 65 |
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The Awami National Party (ANP; Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی, Pashto: عوامي نېشنل پارټي; lit. People's National Party) is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan.[5] The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, great-grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism.[6]
ANP was the largest Pashtun nationalist party in Pakistan between 2008−2013 with influence lying in the Pashtun dominated areas in and around Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They governed the province from 2008 to 2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013.
- ^ "ANP and its antecedents". DAWN.COM. 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Awami National Party – Pashtun party seeks national role". Radio France Internationale. 29 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Explainer: Pakistan's main political parties". Al-Jazeera. 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Elections in Pakistan". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 20 February 2008.
- ^ Lavoy, Peter R. (2009). Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-139-48282-0.
ANP is Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist, secular party with socialist orientation
- ^ "Pakistan's 'Gandhi' party takes on Taliban, Al Qaeda". The Christian Science Monitor. 5 May 2008.