Pakistan National Congress پاکستان نیشنل کانگریس পাকিস্তান জাতীয় কংগ্রেস | |
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Abbreviation | PNC |
President | Kiran Shankar Roy (1947) Manoranjan Dhar (1971)[1] |
Founded | 1947 |
Dissolved | 1975 |
Split from | Indian National Congress |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Social liberalism Gandhian socialism Secularism Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colours | Sky blue |
1st Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | 11 / 69 |
East Bengal Legislative Assembly (1954) | 28 / 309 |
Election symbol | |
Pitcher | |
The Pakistan National Congress, which later gave rise to the Bangladesh National Congress, was a political party that mainly represented the Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh.[2][3] The party championed secularism in the Muslim-dominated state, and its electoral and organisational strength was mainly based in East Bengal (also known as East Pakistan, now the independent state of Bangladesh).[2][4]