Awami National Party
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Awami National Party
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی |
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 Peace, Democracy, and Development |
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| Urdu name | عوامی نيشنل پارٹی |
| Pashto name | ملي عوامي ګوند |
| Leader |
Afrasiab Khattak Bushra Gohar Mian Iftikhar Haider Hoti |
| President | Bakht Zaman |
| General Secretary | Mian Iftikhar Hussain |
| Founder | Abdul Wali Khan |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Split from | National Awami Party |
| Headquarters | Baacha Khan Markaz Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Student wing | Pakhtun Students Federation |
| Youth wing | National Youth Organization |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Pashtun nationalism Secularism Historical: • Marxism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colors |
Red |
| Senate |
6 / 104
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| National Assembly |
2 / 342
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| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly |
5 / 124
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| Balochistan Assembly |
1 / 65
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| Election symbol | |
| red cap | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| Awami National Party | |
The Awami National Party (Pashto: ملي عوامي ګوند, Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی; Acronym: ANP), is a secular and a leftist Pashtun political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Asfandyar Wali Khan, grandson of Bacha Khan, with Tajuddin Khan serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008-13, the ANP's political position is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.
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. Although given a chance to govern from 2008–13, they proved unpopular amongst the ethnic Pashtun they claimed to represent, and the party's fortunes turned rapidly as they lost almost all of their seats in 2013 to Imran Khan's PTI.
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