Qaumi Watan Party

Qaumi Watan Party قومی وطن پارٹی
Pashto name	قومي وطن ګوند‎
Abbreviation	QWP
Leader	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
Chairperson	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao[1]
General Secretary	Ahmed Nawaz Khan Jadoon[2]
Founded	October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
Split from	Pakistan Peoples Party
Preceded by	Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao
Headquarters	Hayatabad, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Ideology	Pashtun neo-nationalism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Religion	Islam
National affiliation	Pakistan Democratic Movement
Colors	Red, black, white
Senate	0 / 104
Election symbol
Chiragh (Oil Lamp)
Party flag
Website
http://www.qwp.org.pk
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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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.