Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
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Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی | |
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| Pashto name | پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند |
| Abbreviation | PKMAP, PMAP |
| Leader | Mahmood Khan Achakzai |
| Founder | Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai[1] |
| Founded | 1989[2] |
| Preceded by | Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party[3] |
| Student wing | Pashtunkhwa Students organization |
| Ideology | Pashtun nationalism |
| National affiliation | Pakistan Democratic Movement Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement |
| International affiliation | UNPO International League of Peoples' Struggle |
| Colors | orange-red |
| Senate | 1 / 100 |
| National Assembly | 0 / 342 |
| Balochistan Assembly | 1 / 65 |
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The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (Pashto: پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند; Urdu: پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی), abbreviated as PMAP or PKMAP, is a political party in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The party was a coalition partner of the PML-N in the Balochistan government following the 2013 elections and stood by the pmln during some of the latter's most challenging times in government.[2][4]
Ideology[]
PkMAP has opposed the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and has been widely criticized for the position. Its chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai has previously suggested that FATA should be governed either by a governor or a council that should be elected through adult franchise. PkMAP chief Achakzai has also called for the creation of a province for Pakhtuns living in areas from the Pak-Afghan border to Mianwali in Pakistan.[5][6]
Electoral history[]
In 2018 polls the party could not secure a single seat in the national assembly including the loss of the seat of its leader and was able to win one seat in the Balochistan assembly. In the 2013 Pakistan general and provincial elections, the party won three general seats in the National Assembly and 10 in the Balochistan Assembly. In 2002, PkMAP secured one NA seat and three provincial assembly seats. The party won two provincial seats in the 1997 polls. It won three NA seats and four provincial seats in 1993. Prior to this, in the 1990 elections, PkMAP won three provincial assembly seats.[7][8][9][10]
References[]
- ^ "In the memory of: PkMAP founding leader remembered". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ a b "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party - Profile". Dawn. 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Mehmood Khan Achakzai". Dawn (newspaper). 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Achakzai calls for new social contract". Dawn. 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Achakzai gives his own formula for Fata reforms". Dawn. 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Achakzai advises govt to maintain public contact". Express Tribune. 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Heavyweights fall in Balochistan as PTI makes inroads". Dawn. 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Balochistan's electoral politics and NA-259". The Nation. 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Election 2018: Prominent Politicians ousted". Dunya News. 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Achakzai accepts defeat in elections". The Nation. 28 July 2018.
External links[]
- "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party - Profile". Dawn. 1 May 2013.
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