Qaumi Watan Party قومی وطن پارٹی | |
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| Pashto name | قومي وطن ګوند |
| Abbreviation | QWP |
| Leader | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao |
| Chairman | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao[1] |
| General Secretary | Ahmed Nawaz Khan Jadoon[2] |
| Founded | 17 October 2012 |
| Split from | Pakistan People’s Party |
| Preceded by | Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao |
| Headquarters | Hayatabad, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Ideology | Pashtun neo-nationalism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Religion | Islam |
| National affiliation | Pakistan Democratic Movement |
| Colors | Red, black, white |
| Senate | 0 / 104 |
| Election symbol | |
Chiragh (Oil Lamp)  | |
| Party flag | |
.svg) | |
| Website | |
| http://www.qwp.org.pk | |
Qaumi Watan Party (Pashto: قومي وطن ګوند or قامي وطنپال ګوند; Urdu: قومی وطن پارٹی), abbreviated as QWP and formerly called Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao (PPP–S), is one of the prominent political parties in Pakistan, that split away from the Pakistan Peoples Party just before the 2002 general election.[3] PPP–S was named after its leader Aftab Ahmad Sherpao. Differences had cropped up between PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Senior Leader Aftab Ahmad Sherpao in 1999 and the latter was expelled from the PPP by the former, thus creating PPP–S.[4] In October 2012, it was renamed to Qaumi Watan Party when it changed its political agenda and declared itself as a Pashtun neo-nationalist party.
- ^ "Notification - Intra Party Election "Qaumi Watan Party"" (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Notification - Intra Party Election "Qaumi Watan Party"" (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 1 January 2024.
- ^ Khan, Zalan (1 April 2013). "Tracing the trajectory of Aftab Sherpao and the Qaumi Watan Party". The Express Tribune.
- ^ PPP (S) polls Dawn Newspaper, July 30, 2002