Pakistan Democratic Movement

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Not to be confused with All Parties Democratic Movement, Movement for the Restoration of Democracy, or National Democratic Movement (Pakistan).
Pakistan Democratic Movement
PresidentMaulana Fazal-ur-Rehman
Secretary-GeneralShahid Khaqan Abbasi[1]
SpokespersonMaulana Hafiz Hamdullah[2]
Senior Vice PresidentMahmood Khan Achakzai[3]
FoundedSeptember 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)
IdeologyPro-democracy
Free and fair elections
Anti-establishment[4]
Anti-Imran Khan government[4]
Political positionBig tent
Website
pakistandemocraticmovement.com
All Parties Conference on 20 September 2020 in which PDM was founded

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (Urdu: پاکستان ڈیموکریٹک موومنٹ), or PDM, is a political movement in Pakistan against the government of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[4] The movement is led by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), while Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) was elected as the Secretary-General.

PDM was supported by eleven parties who had previously led Pakistani politics for nearly seventy years, prominently Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Peoples Party.[5]

Background[]

The PDM supports that the 2018 Pakistani general election, which was won by Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was rigged by the Pakistani military establishment.[4] The PDM's slogan is vote ko izzat do (Urdu for "honour the vote"). However, Imran Khan's government maintains that the movement is motivated by a series of corruption cases against the leaders of the political parties that had previously governed Pakistan, namely the PML-N and the PPP.[6] Moreover, according to Imran Khan, the opposition never appealed to the legal bodies to contest the elections as the PTI had in the 2013 general elections and maintains that the opposition is still demanding National Reconcialiance Ordinance (NROs), despite the opposition's statements that they do not desire NROs.[7][8][9]

History[]

Formation[]

On 20 September 2020, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the center-left Pakistan Peoples Party, hosted an “all parties conference” at the Islamabad Marriott Hotel to form a grand political alliance and plan strategy for replacing the PTI government. Fazal-ur-Rehman, a harsh critic of military establishment, read out the 26-point resolution adopted by the attendees.

Protests[]

On 16 October 2020, PDM held its first powershow in Gujranwala.[10] Protests organised by the PDM in October 2020 drew over 50,000 people.[11] The government has remained critical and dismissive of the rallies.[12] The PDM is planning to hold a "long march" in June 2021,[13] despite objections of large gatherings by health experts, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Resignation of the PPP and ANP[]

In April 2021, Pakistan Democratic Movement issued show-cause notices to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP).[14] Later on, the ANP withdrew from the PDM, saying that the movement was "hijacked" by some parties.[15] Some political analysts commented that the PDM may be faltering, as the PPP was propped up by the establishment and the PPP is hesitant to face it. After a show-cause notice was issued to the PPP, it resigned from the Pakistan Democratic Movement and gave up all offices in the movement along with the ANP.[16][17]

Parties[]

Current parties[]

Name National

Leader

Idelogy(s) Symbol
BNP(M) Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی مینگل 		Akhtar Mengal Secularism
Democratic socialism
Baloch nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism) 		Axe
JAH Jamiat Ahle Hadith
جمیعت اہلِ حدیث 		Sajid Mir Salafism
Federalism 		Spectacles
JUI(F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl)
جمیعت علمائے اسلام (فضل) 		Fazal-ur-Rehman Deobandism
Islamism
Clericalism
Conservatism
Islamic fundamentalism
Social conservatism
Religious conservatism
Religious nationalism 		Book
JUP Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
آجميعت علماء پاکستان‎ 		Shah Owais Noorani Barelvism
Islamism
Religious conservatism
Islamic democracy
Social conservatism 		Key
NP(B) National Party (Bizenjo)
قومی پارٹی بزنجو 		Abdul Malik Baloch Secularism
Social democracy
Baloch nationalism 		Hand saw
PKMAP Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
(پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی‎) 		Mahmood Khan Achakzai Secularism
Socialism
Marxism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Progressivism
Pashtun interests
Federalism
Baloch nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism) 		Tree
PML(N) Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (نواز) 		Shehbaz Sharif Conservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Classical liberalism
Economic liberalism
Social conservatism
Federalism
Pakistani nationalism
(Right-wing nationalism) 		Tiger
QWP Qaumi Watan Party
قومی وطن پارٹی 		Aftab Ahmad Sherpao Libertarian socialism
Social democracy
Islamic socialism
Pashtun interests
Pashtun nationalism
Neo-nationalism 		Oil lamp

Former parties[]

Name National

Leader

Claimed

Ideology(s)

Symbol
ANP Awami National Party
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی 		Asfandyar Wali Khan Secularism
Neomarxism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Progressivism
Liberal socialism
Economic egalitarianism
Federalism
Pashtun nationalism
(Civic nationalism)
Populism 		Lantern
ANP(W) Awami National Party (Wali)
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی ولی 		Nasim Wali Khan Secularism
Marxism
Socialism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Progressivism
Pashtun nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism)
Minority rights
Anti-Islamism
Left-wing populism 		Faisal Masjid
PPP Pakistan Peoples Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی 		Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Islamic socialism
Islamic democracy
Post-Marxism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Populism
Secularism
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Third Way
Reformism
Neoliberalism
Market liberalism
Islamic liberalism 		Arrow
PDM leadership.

Senior leadership[]

Name Office Party
Fazal-ur-Rehman President Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Mahmood Khan Achakzai Senior Vice President Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Hafiz Hamdullah Spokesperson Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Sajid Mir Member Jamiat Ahle Hadith
Nawaz Sharif Member Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Akhtar Mengal Member Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
Maryam Nawaz Member Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Shehbaz Sharif Member Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Public gatherings[]

PDM rally at Multan.

Rifts[]

Due to disagreements with Fazl-ur-Rehman's leadership, Maulana Sheerani, and other senior members of the JUI broke away and formed their own political party called the Jamiat-Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan, claiming that Fazl had personalized the party and used it for his own needs, dismissing the needs of the party itself.[40]

Some political analysts comment that alliance within the PDM may be faltering as the players who previously were propped up by the establishment, are hesitant to face it, while others seek attention and 'a piece of the power pie'.[41]

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