All-Pakistan Awami League

All-Pakistan Awami League
آل پاکستان عوامی لیگ
নিখিল পাকিস্তান আওয়ামী লীগ
AbbreviationAL
FounderHuseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
FoundedFebruary 1950 (1950-02)
Banned26 March 1971 (1971-03-26)
Merger ofEast Pakistan Awami Muslim League
Frontier Awami Muslim League
Jinnah Muslim League
Succeeded byBangladesh Awami League
HeadquartersHaroon Abdullah Road, Karachi
NewspaperIttefaq
IdeologyBengali nationalism (after 1966)
Socialism
Democratic socialism
Factions:
Secularism
Islamic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationCombined Opposition Parties (1965)
Colors  Green
Election symbol
AL party symbol
Boat
Party flag

The Awami League (officially the All-Pakistan Awami League, and before 1955 the All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League) was a Pakistani political party founded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in February 1950. Pir of Manki Sharif and Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) joined it soon afterwards.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kamran 2009, p. 269.
  2. ^ Chowdhury 2012, p. 72.