Awami National Party

Awami National Party

عوامی نيشنل پارٹی
عوامي نېشنل پارټي
Awami National Party عوامی نيشنل پارٹی; عوامي نېشنل پارټي
Pashto name	عوامي نېشنل پارټي (lit. اولسي ملي ګوند)
Abbreviation	ANP
Leader	Asfandyar Wali Khan
President	Aimal Wali Khan
General Secretary	Dr. Muhammad Saleem Khan
Spokesperson	Engr. Ehsan Ullah Khan
Founder	Abdul Wali Khan
Founded	26th July 1986
Preceded by	NAP (Wali)
Headquarters	Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar
Student wing	Pakhtun Students Federation
Youth wing	National Youth Organization (abolished)
Ideology	Liberal socialism; Pashtun nationalism; Secularism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	PONM;
International affiliation	UNPO; Progressive Alliance;
Colors	Mahogany
Slogan	Peace, Democracy, and Development
Senate	3 / 100
KPK Assembly	2 / 145
Balochistan Assembly	3 / 65
Election symbol
	Lantern;
Party flag
Website
	Official website
	Politics of Pakistan; Political parties; Elections;

The Awami National Party (ANP; Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی, Pashto: عوامي نېشنل پارټي; lit. People's National Party) is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan.^[5] The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, great-grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism.^[6]

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. They governed the province from 2008 to 2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013.

^ "ANP and its antecedents". DAWN.COM. 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
^ "Awami National Party – Pashtun party seeks national role". Radio France Internationale. 29 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Explainer: Pakistan's main political parties". Al-Jazeera. 6 May 2013.
^ "Elections in Pakistan". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 20 February 2008.
^ Lavoy, Peter R. (2009). Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-139-48282-0. ANP is Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist, secular party with socialist orientation
^ "Pakistan's 'Gandhi' party takes on Taliban, Al Qaeda". The Christian Science Monitor. 5 May 2008.

[1] "ANP and its antecedents". DAWN.COM. 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-23.

[2] "Awami National Party – Pashtun party seeks national role". Radio France Internationale. 29 April 2013.

[Al_Jazeera-3] "Explainer: Pakistan's main political parties". Al-Jazeera. 6 May 2013.

[4] "Elections in Pakistan". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 20 February 2008.

[5] Lavoy, Peter R. (2009). Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-139-48282-0. ANP is Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist, secular party with socialist orientation

[CSM-6] "Pakistan's 'Gandhi' party takes on Taliban, Al Qaeda". The Christian Science Monitor. 5 May 2008.

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