Awami National Party
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The Awami National Party (ANP; Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی, Pashto: عوامي نېشنل پارټي; lit. People's National Party) is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan.[5] The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, great-grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism.[6]
Awami National Party عوامی نيشنل پارٹی عوامي نېشنل پارټي | |
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Pashto name | عوامي نېشنل پارټي (lit. اولسي ملي ګوند) |
Abbreviation | ANP |
Leader | Asfandyar Wali Khan |
President | Aimal Wali Khan |
General Secretary | Dr. Muhammad Saleem Khan |
Spokesperson | Engr. Ehsan Ullah Khan |
Founder | Abdul Wali Khan |
Founded | 26th July 1986 |
Preceded by | NAP (Wali) |
Headquarters | Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar |
Student wing | Pakhtun Students Federation |
Youth wing | National Youth Organization (abolished) |
Ideology | Liberal socialism[1] Pashtun nationalism[2][3] Secularism[3] |
Political position | Centre-left[4] to left-wing[3] |
National affiliation | PONM |
International affiliation | UNPO Progressive Alliance |
Colors | Mahogany |
Slogan | Peace, Democracy, and Development |
Senate | 3 / 100 |
KPK Assembly | 2 / 145 |
Balochistan Assembly | 3 / 65 |
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Lantern | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
Official website | |
ANP was the largest Pashtun nationalist party in Pakistan between 2008−2013 with influence lying in the Pashtun dominated areas in and around Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They governed the province from 2008 to 2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013.