Qaumi Watan Party
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Qaumi Watan Party
قومي وطن ګوند |
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| Leader | Aftab Ahmad Sherpao |
| Founded | October 17, 2012 |
| Split from | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Preceded by | Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao |
| Headquarters | Hayatabad, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Ideology |
Pashtun neo-nationalism Social democracy Islamic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Religion | Islam |
| Colors |
Red, black, white |
| Senate |
0 / 104
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| National Assembly |
1 / 342
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| KPK Assembly |
10 / 124
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| Party flag | |
.svg) |
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| 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. 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. 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.
The name and manifesto of the party were formally changed on October 17, 2012. It was renamed from "Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao" to "Qaumi Watan Party". The tri-color flag was also changed by replacing the green color with white. Aftab Ahmad Sherpao said Qaumi Watan Party will work for rights of the Pashtuns of the entire region, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karachi, Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
At the legislative elections of 20 October 2002, Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao won 0.3% of the popular vote and 2 out of 272 elected members. In the 2008 general election, the party won only 1 seat in the National Assembly, in which the party leader Aftab Sherpao was successful. On the other hand, it won 6 provincial assembly seats, all in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
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