Balochistan Awami Party بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی پناه کتن ـشماره | |
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Abbreviation | BAP |
President | Khalid Hussain Magsi[1] |
General Secretary | Sadiq Sanjrani |
Spokesperson | Khuda Babar[2] |
Vice President | Naseebullah Bazai[1] |
Leader in National Assembly | Khalid Hussain Magsi |
Founders | Saeed Ahmed Hashmi[3] Anwaar ul Haq Kakar[4] |
Founded | 29 March 2018 |
Split from | Pakistan Muslim League (N) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
Ideology | Pakistani nationalism Progressivism[5] |
Political position | Centre-left[5] |
National affiliation | Pakistan Democratic Movement |
Colors | Olive drab (customary) |
Slogan | ‘Stronger Nation, Unified People.” |
Senate | 4 / 100 |
National Assembly | 1 / 336 |
Balochistan Assembly | 5 / 65 |
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Cow | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
Official website | |
The Balochistan Awami Party (Balochi: پناه کتن ـشماره, Urdu: بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی, lit. 'Balochistan People's Party'; abbreviated BAP) is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan founded in 2018 by political dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in Balochistan.[6]
The party emerged as the largest party in Balochistan as a result of the 2018 Pakistani general election. It leads a coalition government in the province and is also a part of the ruling coalition in the National Assembly. It has been described as pro-establishment party in Balochistan.[7][8]