List of political parties in Pakistan

Politics of Pakistan

Federalism

* Federal government

* * *

*     * Provincial governments: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan
* Islamabad (Administration)

*     * Governors:  Sardar Saleem Haider(Punjab)
* Kamran Tessori(Sindh)
* Faisal Karim Kundi(KPK)
* Sheikh Jaffar Khan(Balochistan)
* Syed Mehdi Shah(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Chief Ministers: Maryam Nawaz(Punjab)
* Murad Ali Shah(Sindh)
* Ali Amin Gandapur(KPK)
* Sarfraz Bugti(Balochistan)
* Gulbar Khan(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Provincial assemblies of Pakistan: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan
* Gilgi-Baltistan

* * *

Azad Kashmir government

* President: Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
* Prime Minister: Chaudhry Anwarul Haq
* Legislative Assembly

* * *

Government of Gilgit-Baltistan

* * *

Local government

* Divisions
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Parliament

* Senate (Upper House)

* Chairman: Yousaf Raza Gillani
* Deputy Chairman: Syedaal Khan Nasar (PML(N))
* Leader of the House: Ishaq Dar (PML(N))
* Opposition leader: Shibli Faraz (PTI)

* * *

* National Assembly (Lower House)

* Leader of the House: Shehbaz Sharif (PML(N))
* Speaker: Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N))
* Deputy speaker: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (PPP)
* Leader of the Opposition: Omar Ayub Khan

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Constitution of Pakistan

*     * Previous constitutions:1956
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* Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985)
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* President of Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari (PPP)
* List of presidents of Pakistan

* * *

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* List of prime ministers of Pakistan

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* Cabinet of Pakistan
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Judiciary

* Supreme Court of Pakistan
* Chief Justice: Yahya Afridi
* List of justices
* Judges appointment body: Supreme Judicial Council and Judicial Commission

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* High courts: Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan, Shariat Court

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* Territorial courts: AJK supreme court, AJK High court, Gilgit-Baltistan supreme court, Gilgit-Baltistan High Court

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* Special courts: Anti Terrorism Courts, Accountability Courts

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*     * District Courts

Elections

* Election Commission of Pakistan
* Chief Election Commissioner: Sikandar Sultan Raja
* Electoral College

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Territorial election commission

* AJK Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria
* Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan

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Elections

*     * Presidential: 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * General: 1970
* 1977
* 1985
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Provincial elections

*     * Punjab: 2002
* 2008
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* 2018
* 2024

*     * Sindh: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * KPK: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * Balochistan: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

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Territorial elections

*     * Azad Kashmir: 1970
* 1975
* 1985
* 1990
* 1991
* 1996
* 2001
* 2006
* 2011
* 2016
* 2021

*     * Gilgit-Baltistan: 2009
* 2015
* 2020

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Political parties

* Pakistan Muslim League (N)
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* Complete list

Administrative units

Capital territory

* Islamabad

Provinces

* Balochistan
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Diplomacy

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Pakistan is a multi-party democracy. The country has many political parties and many times in the past the country has been ruled by a coalition government.

The Parliament of Pakistan is bicameral, consisting of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Senate.

## Brief history and overviews

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The military-dominated Establishment has directly ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its existence since its creation in 1947, while frequently exerting covert dominance over the political leadership during the remainder.[1][2] The Establishment in Pakistan includes the key decision-makers in the country's military and intelligence services, national security, as well as its foreign and domestic policies, including the state policies of aggressive Islamization during the military dictatorship of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. However, the military establishment later reversed its support of political Islam under General Pervez Musharraf, who pursued enlightened moderation in the 2000s.

Till 1990, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the only major party of Pakistan. After Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto died, Benazir Bhutto took control and they remained a strong position throughout Pakistan. In 1990, Nawaz Sharif of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) won the elections. Two major parties were in Pakistan. After IJI dissolved and Nawaz Sharif founded Pakistan Muslim League (N), PPP and PML(N) were the major two parties of Pakistan. In 1993, Peoples Party won the election again. In 1996, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was formed. In 2013, PTI took part in the elections and won 35 seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 Pakistan elections, PTI became the government and became one of the three major parties of Pakistan.

In 2020, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was formed of many parties as a movement against then prime minister Imran Khan. Following Imran Khan’s removal, political unrest broke out throughout the country, and in the events leading up to the Pakistani 2024 election, many new parties were formed. The country’ largest party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, would be subject to legal issues, and an alleged crackdown and therefore was forced to register with their alliance member, the Sunni Ittehad Council, which is a minor religious party.

### Punjab

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Main article: Provincial Assembly of Punjab

Punjab is generally considered as the most important political province and has been used by major parties such as the PML(N) and PTI in the past to gain legitimacy and as a political stronghold. The Punjab provincial assembly has usually been split between the Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

### Sindh

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Main article: Provincial Assembly of Sindh

Sindh has been used as a political stronghold for the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) since the party’s creation. The PPP has almost always won landslide victories in provincial elections in Sindh, and has almost always held the province’s seats. Throughout the early 2000s the PML-Q saw minor successes in Sindh, but the province quickly came under the control of the PPP again. The PPP has been accused of bad governance by several Sindhi parties, leading to the creation of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), a coalition of several anti-PPP parties, although the PPP still holds sweeping majorities in Sindhi provincial seats.[3]

### Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)

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Main article: Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is full of Pashtun nationalist and regionalist parties favoring Afghan tribalism, such as the ANP and PMAP. The region has also been full of religious parties, like the JUI-F especially throughout the north western areas near Afghanistan. There are several political parties in KPK, and most of them favor Pashtun nationalism with feudal aspects, but ever since Imran Khan’s entrance into politics, the PTI has almost always won landslide election victories in the province and has KPK as a political stronghold and base of power.

### Balochistan

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Main article: Provincial Assembly of Balochistan

The province of Balochistan, Pakistan is full of Baloch nationalist parties, with some demanding autonomy for Balochistan, and some extreme groups demanding secession from Pakistan. Most parties from Balochistan follow the same pattern as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, high levels of regionalism and ethnic nationalism, with most ethnic nationalists being left-wing, as well as right-wing religious groups usually gaining victories near the Afghan border. Balochistan is the only province in which no party regularly gains a clear majority, and the provincial assembly is usually split between Baloch nationalist parties.[4]

### Gilgit-Baltistan

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Main article: Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly

The Pakistan Peoples Party won the first Gilgit-Baltistan elections and was the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with 20 seats out of 33. However, in 2015, Pakistan Muslim League (N) won 15 seats and became the major party of Gilgit-Baltistan and PPP only received one seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. However, in the 2020 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 16 seats and became the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with PPP winning 3 and PML(N) winning two seats.

## Members of the Parliament

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Party  | Abrr.  | Flag  | Founded  | Political
position  | Central leader  | Ideology  | National
Assembly[a] | Senate

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| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف
Pakistan Movement for Justice | PTI  |  | 1996  | Centre[5] to centre-right | Gohar Ali Khan |  |

Islamic Democracy
Welfarism
Civic nationalism
Anti-corruption

78 / 336

17 / 96

| Pakistan Muslim League (N)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)
Pākistān Muslam Lig (Nūn) | PMLN  |  | 1993  | Centre-right[5] | Nawaz Sharif |  |

Conservative liberalism
Conservatism
Pakistani Conservatism

113 / 336

19 / 96

| Pakistan People’s Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی
Pākistān Pīplz Pārṭī | PPP  |  | 1967  | Centre-left[5] | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari |  |

Progressivism
Social democracy
Left-wing politics

73 / 336

24 / 96

| Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان
Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ Pākistān
United National Movement-Pakistan | MQM-P  |  | 2016  | Centre-left to Centre[5] | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui |  |

Muhajir nationalism
Secularism
Social liberalism

22 / 336

3 / 96

| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)[b]
جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)
Assembly of Islamic Clerics | JUI-F  |  | 1980  | Right-wing[5] | Fazl-ur-Rahman |  |

Islamic fundamentalism
Deobandism
Islamism

8 / 336

5 / 96

| Pakistan Muslim League (Q)[c]
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)
Pākistān Mislam Lig (Q) | PML(Q)  |  | 2002  | Centre-right | Shujaat Hussain |  |

Pakistani Conservatism
Pakistani nationalism

6 / 336

1 / 96

| Awami National Party
عوامي نېشنل ګوند
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی
ʿAwāmī Nīšonal Pārṭī
People's National Party | ANP  |  | 1986  | Center-left[5]
to left-wing | Aimal Wali Khan |  |

Pashtun nationalism
Socialism
Secularism

| —  |

3 / 96

| Sunni Ittehad Council
سنی اتحاد کونسل
Sunni Unity Council | SIC  |  | 2009  | Right-wing | Sahibzada Hamid Raza[6] |  |

Sunni Islam
Barelvi faith
Religious politics

| —  | —
| Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند
پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی

Pakhtunkhwa National People's Party

| PkMAP  |  | 1989  | Centre-left[5] to Left-wing | Mahmood Khan Achakzai |  |

Pashtun nationalism
Regionalism
Left-wing nationalism

1 / 336

| —
| National Party
نيشنل پارٹی
Nīšonal Pārṭī | NP  |  | 2003  | Centre-left | Abdul Malik Baloch |  |

Baloch nationalism
Civic nationalism
Social liberalism

1 / 336

1 / 96

| Balochistan National Party
بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی
Balōčistān Nīšonal Pārṭī | BNP  |  | 1996  | Left-wing | Akhtar Mengal |  |

Baloch nationalism
Secularism
Left-wing populism

1 / 336

1 / 96

| Balochistan Awami Party
بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی
Balōčistān Awāmī Pārṭī
Balochistan People's Party | BAP  |  | 2018  | Centre[5] | Khalid Hussain Magsi |  |

Progressivism
Federalism

1 / 336

4 / 96

| Grand Democratic Alliance
گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد
Grānd Jumhuuri Ittehaad | GDA  |  | 2018  | Big tent | Pir of Pagaro VIII |  |

Regionalism
Anti-PPP
Good governance
Big tent political alliance

| —  | —
| Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
استحکامِ پاکستان
Pakistan Stability Party | IPP  |  | 2023  | Radical centre | Aleem Khan |  |

Populism

6 / 336

| —
| Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین
Muslim Unity Assembly | MWM  |  | 2009  | Centre to Right-wing[d][7] | Raja Nasir Abbas |  |

Islamic democracy
Shia-Sunni unity
Islamic socialism

1 / 336

1 / 96

| Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض) | PML (Z)  |  | 2002  | Far-right | Ijaz-ul-Haq |  |

Ziaism
Islamism

1 / 336

| —
| Independent
آزاد اراکین | IND  |

N/A

1 / 336

4 / 96

## Mainstream political parties

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### Pakistan Muslim League (N)

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Nawaz Sharif, PMLN head and founder.

The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz is a Pakistani conservative political party that was founded in 1993 by senior politician, Nawaz Sharif.[8] The party was founded as an offshoot of the Pakistan Muslim League, but is now its largest faction. It is currently still led by its founder Nawaz Sharif and is ideologically conservative as well as shares similarities with Nawaz's previous party, the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad.[8] It saw rapid growth under Nawaz Sharif in the 1990s as it entered a two-party system with the Pakistan People's Party.[9] It is also advocates for economic privatization, as Nawaz himself was a business owner. The party follows a free market capitalist and economically liberalist approach.[10] It has developed a somewhat ideology around its leader Nawaz Sharif and has been led by members of the Sharif family. It has been right-wing for most of its existence but has shifted to a center-right position in recent years. It holds is base of power in Punjab, more specifically Lahore and has had 3 different prime ministers including Nawaz himself who served for the longest non-consecutive time (9 years). The prime ministers from the PML-N include Nawaz Sharif (3 terms), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1 term) and Nawaz's younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif (2 terms), who is serving right now.

### Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

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Imran Khan, PTI founder and its first chairman.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a political party founded in 1996 by cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan. The party was founded on the premise of bringing change to Pakistan and to bring a new face to Pakistani politics, as when the party was founded the PPP and PML-N ruled Pakistan in a de-facto two party system.[9] It advocates for welfarism and has promoted turning Pakistan into a modern welfare state.[11] It has often seen populism around Imran Khan, a former cricket star. It launched a large-scale anti-corruption campaign across Pakistan in the 2000s and 2010s which led to its victory in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[12] It holds its base of power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also holds significant popularity and influence across western Punjab, where Imran Khan is from. It has been widely seen as an anti-establishment party since 2022 as it clashed with Pakistan's military establishment. It was founded as a centrist party, though in 2024, some sources indicated that the party had shifted center-right due to its pro-islamic unity teachings.[13] Besides this it has advocated for rule of law and constitutionalism as part of its political alliance, the Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin. Despite being the largest political party in Pakistan in terms of membership, and in the top 10 largest parties worldwide, it has only had one prime minister, being Imran Khan himself who served for one term.

### Pakistan People’s Party

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari, current PPP heads as well as the grandson of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and husband of Benazir Bhutto.

The Pakistan People's Party is a political party founded in 1967 by statesman, barrister and senior politician, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is by far the oldest out of the top ruling parties in Pakistan and was the first Pakistani political party to lay out a manifesto and ideology.[14] It was founded on the premise of socialism and to struggle against the military rule of Field Marshal Ayub Khan (1958-1969). It has also been characterized as Pakistan's first democratic party[14] and has been left-wing for most of its existence with its founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being a left-wing populist, though in the 21st century it has shifted to a center-left position. Zulfikar ruled Pakistan from 1971 until 1977, when he was overthrown and later hanged in 1979. The party has been widely seen as a dynastic political family party as it has seen its leadership pass down through the Bhutto family, which has seen a devoted cult of personality. After Zulfikar's death the party abandoned its socialist ideology and instead shifted to progressivism under Zulfikar's daughter, Benazir Bhutto. Benazir would be assassinated in 2007 and since then the party has been controlled by her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as well as her son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The party has been rivals with the PML-N for most of its existence but has joined hands with the PML-N against the PTI. Its main base of power is Sindh. The PPP is led by the Central Executive Committee and has seen 4 different prime ministers including: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1973-1977), Benazir Bhutto (1988-1990, 1993-1996), Yusuf Raza Gillani (2008-2012) and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (2012-2013).

## Provincial Assembly members

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This is the list of parties that are currently represented in any of the 5 Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan, which includes, the Provincial assembly in Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, KPK and Gilgit-Baltistan

Party  | Abrr.  | Flag  | Sindh | Punjab | Balochistan | KPK | Gilgit-Baltistan

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| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف

Pakistan Movement for Justice

| PTI  |  |

6 / 168

109 / 371

| —  |

58 / 145

21 / 33

| Pakistan Muslim League (N)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) | PMLN  |  | —  |

208 / 371

17 / 65

9 / 145

3 / 33

| Pakistan People’s Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی | PPP  |  |

118 / 168

14 / 371

17 / 65

5 / 145

5 / 33

| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)}

Assembly of Islamic Clerics (F)

| JUI (F)  |  | —  | —  |

13 / 65

9 / 145

1 / 33

| Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان

United National Movement - Pakistan

| MQM-P  |  |

38 / 168

| —  | —  | —  | —
| Awami National Party
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی

People's National Party

| ANP  |  | —  | —  |

3 / 65

2 / 145

| —
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق) | PML(Q)  |  | —  |

10 / 371

| —  | —  | —
| Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
استحکامِ پاکستان

Pakistan Stability Party

| IPP  |  | —  |

8 / 371

| —  | —  | —
| Balochistan National Party
بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی | BNP  |  | —  | —  |

1 / 65

| —  | —}
| Balochistan Awami Party
بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی

Balochistan People's Party

| BAP  |  | —  | —  |

5 / 65

| —  | —
| National Party
نيشنل پارٹی
Nīšonal Pārṭī | NP  |  | —  | —  |

4 / 65

| —  | —
| Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
مجلس وحدت مسلمین

Muslim Unity Assembly

| MWM  |  | —  |

1 / 371

| —  | —  |

1 / 33

Parties that are unrepresented in the Parliament and are only represented through Provincial assemblies
| Grand Democratic Alliance
گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد | GDA  |  |

3 / 168

| —  | —  | —  | —
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians

پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف پارلیمنٹرینز

Pakistan Movement for Justice Parliamentarians

| PTI-P  |  | —  | —  | —  |

2 / 145

| —
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
جماعتِ اسلامی
Islamic Party | JI  |  |

2 / 168

| —  |

1 / 65

| —  | —
| Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
تحریک لبیک پاکستان

Here-I-Am Movement Pakistan

| TLP  |  | —  |

1 / 371

| —  | —  | —
| Balochistan National Party (Awami)
بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (عوامی)

Balochistan National Party (People's)

| BNP-A  |  | —  | —  |

1 / 65

| —  | —
| Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan

Give Rights Movement Balochistan

| HDTB  |  | —  | —  |

1 / 65

| —  | —
| Balawaristan National Front[e]
بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ
Balāwaristān Naishanal Franṭ | BNF  |  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

1 / 33

| Islami Tehreek Pakistan
اسلامی تحریک پاکستان

Islamic Movement Pakistan

| ITP  |  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

1 / 33

| Independent
آزاد اراکین | IND  | —  | —  |

1 / 371

| —  |

1 / 145

1 / 33

## Unrepresented parties

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This is the list of registered parties that are currently unrepresented in Parliament and any of the provincial assemblies of Pakistan since 2024.[6]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2024)

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Party  | Abrr.  | Flag  | Founded  | Political position  | Leader  | Core ideology

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| Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek
الله اکبر تحریک

God is Great Movement

| AAT  |  |  |  | Muhammad Aslam Rabbani[16] |  |

Islamism

| Awaam Pakistan
عوام پاکستان

People Pakistan

| AP  |  | 2024  | Big tent | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi[17] |  |

Civic nationalism

| Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)
عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان
Awāmī Musallam League Pākistān

People's Muslim League

| AML  |  | 2008  | Centrism | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad |  |

Mass politics

| Awami Workers Party
عوامی ورکرز پارٹی
People's Workers Party | AWP  |  | 2012  | Left-wing[5] | Akhtar Hussain |  |

Worker's rights

| Barabri Party Pakistan
برابری پارٹی پاکستان

Equality Party Pakistan

| BPP  |  | 2018  | Left-wing | Jawad Ahmad |  |

Social equality

| Haqooq-e-Khalq Party
حقوقِ خلق پارٹی پاکستان

Rights of the People Party

| HKP  |  | 2022  | Left-wing[5] | Ammar Ali Jan |  |

Socialism

| Hazara Democratic Party
ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی | HDP  |  | 2003  | Centre-left | Abdul Khaliq Hazara |  |

Hazara representation

| Jamhoori Wattan Party
جمہوری وطن پارٹی
Republican Nation Party | JWP  |  | 1990  | Centre-left[18] to Left-wing | Shahzain Bugti |  |

Baloch nationalism

| Jamiat Ahle Hadith[f]
جمیعت اہلِ حدیث
المركزى جمعية اهلحديث الباكستان

Assembly of People of Hadith

| JAH  |  | 1986  | Far-right | Sajid Mir |  |

Ahl-i Hadith

| Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Imam Noorani)
جمعیت علماء پاکستان (امام نورانی)

Assembly (of) Clerics of Pakistan (Imam Noorani)

| JUP-IN  |  | 1948  | Right-wing | Shah Owais Noorani[19] |  |

Religious politics (specifically Political aspects of Islam)

| Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)
جمعیت علماء پاکستان (نورانی)

Assembly (of) Clerics of Pakistan (Noorani)

| JUP-N  |  | 1948  |  | Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair[16] |  |

Religious politics (specifically Political aspects of Islam)

| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)
جمعیت علمائے اسلام (س)

Assembly (of) Clerics of Islam (S)

| JUI-S  |  | 1980  | Far-right | Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani[20] |  |

Deobandism

| Jamote Qaumi Movement
جاموٹ قومی موومنٹ

Jamote People's Movement

| JQM  |  | 1996  |  | Mir Abdul Majid Abro |  |

Jamote nationalism

| Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan[g]
مہاجر قومی موومنٹ حقیقی

Muhajir People's Movement - True

| MQM-H  |  | 1992  | Center-left | Afaq Ahmed |  |

Muhajir nationalism

| Mustaqbil Pakistan
مستقبل پاکستان

Future Pakistan

| MP  |  | 2010  |  | Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi[21] |  |

Reformism

| National Democratic Movement
ملي جمهوري غورځنګ
Millī Jumhūrī Ghōrźang
قومی جمہوری تحریک | NDM  |  | 2021  | Centre-left | Mohsin Dawar |  |

Pashtun nationalism

| National Democratic Party

نیشنل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی

| NDP  |  | 2018  |  | —  |  |
| Pakistan Awami Tehreek
پاکستان عوامی تحريک
Pakistan People's Movement | PAT  |  | 1989  | Centrism
Fiscal: Centre-left
Social: Centre-right | Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |  |

Moderate Islam

| Pakistan Muslim League (J)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ج) | PML-J  |  | 1988  |  | Muhammad Iqbal Dar[16] |  |

Pakistani nationalism

| Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (شہید بھٹو)
پيپلزپارٽي شهيدڀٽو

Pakistan Peoples Party (Martyr Bhutto)

| PPP-S  |  | 1997  | Left-wing | Ghinwa Bhutto |  |

Bhuttoism

| Pakistan Peoples Party Workers
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ورکرز | PPP-W  |  | 2014  | Centre-left | Safdar Ali Abbasi |  |

Social democracy

| Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party
پاکستان راہِ حق پارٹیي

Pakistan Path of Truth Party

| PRHP  |  | 2012  | Far-right | Ibrahim Khan Qasmi |  |

Islamic fundamentalism

| Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
پاکستان سنی تحریک

Pakistan Sunni Movement

| PST  |  | 1990  | Far-right | Sarwat Ejaz Qadri[6] |  |

Barelvi Sunnism

| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati
پاکستان تحریک انصاف نظریاتی

Pakistan Movement for Justice Ideological

| PTI-N  |  | 2012  |  | Akhtar Iqbal Dar |  |
| Pasban-e-Pakistan[h]
پاسبان پاکستان
Guardians of Pakistan | PP  |  | 2015  | Single-issue | Altaf Shakoor |  |

Social justice

| Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan
پشتونخوا نیشنل عوامی پارٹی

Pashtunkhwa National People's Party

| PKNAP  |  | 2022  | Left-wing | Khushal Khan Kakar |  |

Pashtun nationalism
Egalitarianism

| Qaumi Awami Tahreek
قومی عوامی تحریک

National People's Movement

| QAT  |  | 1970  | Left-wing to far-left | Ayaz Latif Palijo[16] |  |

Left-wing nationalism

| Qaumi Watan Party
قومی وطن پارٹی
قومي وطن ګوند

National Homeland Party

| QWP  |  | 2012  | Centre-left | Aftab Ahmad Sherpao |  |

Pashtun neo-nationalism

| Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
رابطہ جمعیت علمائے اسلام

Associated Assembly (of) Clerics of Islam

| RJUI  |  | 2020  | Far-right | Muhammad Khan Sherani |  |

Deobandi Clericalism

| Sindh United Party
سندھ یونائیٹڈ پارٹی
سنڌ يونائيٽڊ پارٽي | SUP  |  | 2006  |  | Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah |  |

Sindhi nationalism

| Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan

تبدیلی پسند پارٹی پاکستان

Reformist Party (of) Pakistan

| TPPP  |  | 2012  |  | Ali Kazi[22] |  |

Good governance

## Dissolved parties

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Party  | Abrr.  | Flag  | Founded  | Dissolved  | Political
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| All Pakistan Awami Muslim League
آل پاکستان عوامی مسلم لیگ
নিখিল পাকিস্তান আওয়ামী মুসলিম লীগ

All Pakistan People's Muslim League

| APAML  |  | 1950  | 1971  |  | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan
عوامی جمهوری اتحاد

People's Democratic Alliance Pakistan

| AJIP  |  | 2012  | 2015  |  | Liaqat Khan Tarakai |
| Awami Raj Party[i]
عوامی راج پارٹی

People's Rule Party

| ARJ  |  |  | 2023  |  | Jamshed Dasti |
| Azad Pakistan Party
آزاد پاکستان پارٹی

Free Pakistan Party

| APP  |  | 1949  | 1957  | Left-wing | Mian Iftikharuddin |
| Combined Opposition Parties
اپوزیشن جماعتوں کی مشترکہ | COP  |  | 1965  | 1965  | Big tent | Fatima Jinnah |
| Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party
کمیونسٹ مزدور کسان پارٹی
Communist Workers and Farmers Party | CMKP  |  | 1995  | 2015  | Far-left |  |
| Convention Muslim League
کنونشن مسلم لیگ | ML-C  |  | 1962  | 1970s  |  | Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman[23] |
| Council Muslim League
کونسل مسلم لیگ | ML-Co  |  | 1962  | 1970s  |  | Khawaja Nazimuddin[23] |
| Ganatantri Dal
গণতন্ত্রী দল

Democratic Party

| GD  |  | 1953  | 1957  |  | Mahmud Ali
Haji Mohammad Danesh |
| Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
اسلامی جمہوری اتحاد
Islamic Democratic Alliance | IJI  |  | 1988  | 1990  | Right-wing | Nawaz Sharif |
| Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati
جمعیت علمائے اسلام (نظریاتی)

Assembly of Islamic Clerics (Ideological)

| JUI-N  |  | 2007  | 2016  |  | Maulvi Asmatullah |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
جمیعت علمائے اسلام

Assembly of Islamic Clerics

| JUI  |  | 1945  | 1980  |  | Shabbir Ahmad Usmani |
| Khaksar movement
تحریکِ خاکسار | KM  |  | 1931  | 1970s  |  | Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi |
| Krishak Sramik Party
کسان ورکرز پارٹی
কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি | KSP  |  | 1929  | 1971  | Centre-left | A. K. Fazlul Huq |
| Labour Party Pakistan
لیبر پارٹی پاکستان | LPP  |  | 1986  | 2012  | Left-wing
to far-left |  |
| Millat Party
ملت پارٹی

Nation Party

| MP  |  | 1997  | 2004  |  | Farooq Leghari |
| Muslim League
مسلم لیگ
মুসলিম লীগ | ML  |  | 1947  | 1958  | Big tent | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| National Awami Party
نیشنل عوامی پارٹی
ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি
National People's Party | NAP  |  | 1957  | 1962  | Left-wing | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |
| National Awami Party (Wali)
نیشنل عوامی پارٹی (ولي)

National People's Party (Wali)

| NAP-W  |  | 1967  | 1986  | Left-wing | Khan Abdul Wali Khan |
| National Peoples Party
نیشنل پیپلز پارٹی | NPP  |  | 1986  | 2013  |  | Mustafa Jatoi |
| National Workers Party
نیشنل ورکرز پارٹی | NWP  |  | 1999  | 2010  | Left-wing | Abid Hassan Minto |
| Pakistan Democratic Party
پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی | PDP  |  | 1967  | 2012  |  | Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan |
| Pakistan Hindu Party
پاکستان ہندو پارٹی | PHP  |  | 1990  |  |  | Rana Chandra Singh |
| Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party
پاکستان جسٹس وڈیموکریٹک پارٹی | PJDP  |  | 2015  | 2023  |  | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry |
| Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party
پاکستان مزدور کسان پارٹی

Pakistan Labourers and Farmers Party

| PMKP  |  | 1974  | 2015  |  | Afzal Shah Khamosh  |
| Pakistan Muslim League
پاکستان مسلم لیگ | PML  |  | 1962[j]
1969[k]
1977[l] | 1969[j]
1977[k]
1985[l] |  | Ayub Khan |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (جناح) | PML-J  |  | 1995  | 2004  |  | Manzoor Wattoo |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)
پاکستان مسلم ليگ (قيوم) | PML-Qy  |  | 1970  | 1993  |  | Abdul Qayyum Khan |
| Pakistan Peoples Muslim League
پاکستان پیپلز مسلم لیگ
Formerly Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ہم خیال) | PPML  |  | 2009  | 2013  |  | Arbab Ghulam Rahim |
| Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (Patriots) | PPP-PP  |  |

2002

| 2017  |  | Rao Sikander Iqbal
Faisal Saleh Hayat |
| Pakistan Socialist Party

پاکستان سوشلسٹ پارٹی

| PSP  |  | 1948  | 1958  | Left-wing |  |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai)[m]
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف (گلالئی)

Pakistan Movement for Justice (Gulalai)

| PTI-G  |  | 2018  | 2023  |  | Ayesha Gulalai |
| Pak Sarzameen Party
پاک سر زمین پارٹی

Pure Homeland Party

| PSP  |  | 2016  | 2023  | Centre-left | Mustafa Kamal |
| Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan Party
پختونخواہ مزدور کسان پارٹی

Pakhtunkhwa Labourers and Farmers Party

| PkMKP  |  | 1979  | 1989  |  | Sher Ali Bacha[24] |
| Qaumi Inqilabi Party
قومی الانقلابی پارٹی

National Revolutionary Party

| QIP  |  | 1987  |  | Left-wing |  |
| Republican Party
ریپبلکن پارٹی | RP  |  | 1955  | 1958  | Centre-right | Feroz Khan Noon |
| Sindh Awami Ittehad
سندھ عوامي اتحاد
سنڌ عوامي اتحاد

Sindh People's Alliance

| SAI  |  | 2012  | 2017  |  | Liaquat Ali Jatoi |
| Sindh Hari Committee
سنڌ هاري ڪاميٽي

Sindh Farmer Committee

| SHC  |  | 1930  |  | Left-wing | G. M. Syed |
| Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz
سندھ مہاجر پنجابی پٹھان متحدہ محاذ
Sindh Muhajir Punjabi Pashtun United Front | SMPPMM  |  | 1969  |  |  | Nawab Muzaffar Khan[25] |
| Sindh National Front

سندھ نیشنل فرنٹ

سنڌ نيشنل فرنٽ

| SNF  |  | 1989  | 2017  |  | Mumtaz Bhutto |
| Tehreek-e-Istiqlal
تحریک استقلال

Solidarity Movement

| TI  |  | 1970  | 2012  |  | Asghar Khan |
| Tehreek-e-Jafaria
تحریک جعفریہ پاکستان
Movement for Shia Law | TJ  |  | 1979  |  | Far-right | Arif Hussain Hussaini |
| Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan
تحریک تحفظ پاکستان
Movement for the Protection of Pakistan | TTP  |  | 2012  | 2013  | Centre | Abdul Qadeer Khan |
| Workers Party Pakistan
ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان | WPP  |  | 2010  | 2012  | Far-left | Abid Hassan Minto |

## Unregistered parties

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| Mazdoor Kisan Party
مزدور کسان پارٹی
Workers and Peasants Party | MKP  |  | 1968  | Far-left | Afzal Shah Khamosh[26]
| Pakistan Christian Congress
پاکستان کرسچین کانگریس | PCC  |  | 1985  | Centre-right | Nazir S Bhatti
| Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party
سنڌ ترقي پسند پارٽي
سندھ ترقی پسند پارٹی

Sindh Progressive Party

| STP  |  | 1991  | Left-wing | Qadir Magsi
| Pakistan Green Party
پاکستان گرین پارٹی | PGP  |  | 2002  | Green | Liaquat Ali Shaikh
| Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام

Assembly of the Free of Islam

| MAI  |  | 1929  | Far-right | Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari[27]
| Communist Party of Pakistan
کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان | CPP  |  | 1948  | Far-left | Jameel Ahmad Malik[28]
| Pakistan Social Democratic Party
پاکستان سوشل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی | PSDP  |  | 2002  | Centre-left | Mujeeb ur Rehman Kiani
| Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)
کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان (تھہیم) | CPP  |  | 2002  | Far-left | Khadim Thaheem[29]
| All Pakistan Muslim League
آل پاکستان مسلم لیگ | APML  |  | 2010  | Centre to centre-right | —
| Bahawalpur National Awami Party
بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی

Bahawalpur National People's Party

| BNAP  |  | 2010  |  | Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi
| Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement | GBUM  |  | —  | —  | —
| All Pakistan Minorities Alliance
آل پاکستان اقلیتی اتحاد | APML  |  |  |  | Paul Bhatti
| Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ لندن
Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī MūwmaṅṫUnited National Movement - London | MQM-L  |  | 1984  |  | Altaf Hussain

## See also

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* Pakistan portal
* Politics portal

* Politics of Pakistan
* List of ruling political parties by country

## Notes

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1. ^ The current national assembly in Pakistan is under severe allegations of rigging, fraud and electoral misconduct to learn more see Allegations of rigging in the 2024 Pakistani general election
2. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan[6]
3. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pakistan Muslim League[6]
4. ^ Officially the MWM states that it is politically aligned with the PTI at the Centre, but the party has also been considered as Right-wing due to its emphasis on religious values.
5. ^ Although, represented by BNF's Leader Nawaz Khan Naji as Independent candidate[15] but technically may be considered as BNF's representation.
6. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith Pakistan[6]
7. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan[6]
8. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pasban Democratic Party[6]
9. ^ It was officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pakistan Awami Raj[16]
10. ^ a b See First phase (1962–1969)
11. ^ a b See Second phase (1969–1977)
12. ^ a b See Third phase (1977–1985)
13. ^ It was officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Jamaat-e-Suffah[16]

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