Pakistan National Alliance پاکستان قومی اتحاد | |
|---|---|
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| Presidium | Abul A'la Maududi (JI) Shah Ahmad Noorani (JuP) Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (PML) Asghar Khan (TeI) |
| Founded | 5 January 1977 |
| Dissolved | 24 January 1978 |
| Ideology | Conservatism Capitalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | Nizam-e-Mustafa (1977) |
| Party flag | |
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The Pakistan National Alliance (Urdu: پاکستان قومی اتحاد, Acronym: PNA), was a populist and consolidated right and left political alliance, consisting of nine political parties of the country. Formed in 1977, the country's leading right-wing parties agreed upon to run a political campaign as a single bloc against the left oriented PPP in the 1977 general elections.
Despite each parties standing with a different ideology, PNA was noted for its large physical momentum and its right-wing orientation, originally aimed to oppose Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the PPP.[1] Despite its right-wing populist agenda, the alliance performed poorly in the 1977 general election and levelled accusations of rigging the elections. After months of spontaneous violent political activism, the martial law came in effect under chief of army staff General Zia-ul-Haq who made call for a political retribution. By 1978, the alliance met its end when parties diverged in each of its agenda. The left-wing parties later would form the MRD alliance under PPP to oppose President Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s and the right-wing forming the IDA alliance under PML.
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