Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
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Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
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| Presidium |
Rasool Bux Palijo (Qaumi Awami Tehreek) Benazir Bhutto (PPP) Fazil Rahu (Qaumi Awami Tehreek) Jam Saqi (CPP) Khan Abdul Wali Khan (ANP) Fazal-ur-Rehman (JUI(F)) |
| Founded | February 8, 1981 |
| Dissolved | August 24, 1988 |
| Ideology | Left–wing |
| Colors |
Red |
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The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (Urdu: اتحاد برائے بحالی جمہوریت; known as MRD), was a historically populist and massive left–wing political alliance formed to oppose and end the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq. Directed and chaired by Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party, its primary objectives and aims were to restoration of the democracy as well as gaining the civilian control of the military.
Formed in February 1981, the alliance was noted for its left–wing orientation and had Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan Muslim League (Khwaja Khairuddin group), Pakistan Democratic Party, Tehreek-e-Istiqlal, Awami Tehreek, Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, and Mazdoor Kissan Party. The alliance was rooted in rural areas of Sindh Province and remained mostly nonviolent, was strongest among supporters of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Though it launched one of the most massive nonviolent movements in South Asia since the time of Gandhi, failure to expand beyond its southern stronghold combined with effective repression from the military led to its demise a year and half later. Although effective in its strategies, the alliance more quickly dissolved after the death of President Zia-ul-Haq in 1988 which marked its way for peaceful general elections, outlined the return of Pakistan Peoples Party in national power.
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