Pakistan Socialist Party پاکستان سوشلسٹ پارٹی | |
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| Abbreviation | PSP |
| Leader | Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Mobarak Sagher |
| Founded | 29 January 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1958 |
| Headquarters | 2, Terrace de Temple, Ramchander Temple Road, Karachi |
| Newspaper | Socialist Weekly |
| Youth wing | Pakistan Socialist Party Youth |
| Membership (1956) | 1,250–3,000 |
| Ideology | Secularism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Asian Socialist Conference |
| Colors | Red |
The Pakistan Socialist Party was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed out of the branches of the Indian Socialist Party in the areas ceded to the new state of Pakistan.[1] The PSP failed to make any political breakthrough in Pakistani politics. Being a secular socialist party, which had strongly opposed the creation of the state Pakistan, the PSP found itself politically isolated and with little mass appeal. The party was labelled as traitors and kafirs by its opponents. The PSP found it difficult to compete with the Islamic socialism that Liaquat Ali Khan professed to in 1949.[2]
As of 1956, the party claimed that have 3,000 members. A more realistic account, however, would lie somewhere around 1,250.[3] PSP was a member of the Asian Socialist Conference.[4] The PSP youth wing was called 'Pakistan Socialist Party Youth', which was recognised by the International Union of Socialist Youth as a 'co-operating organisation'.[5]