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by Chrystian Kretowicz, 27 January 2010
Awami National Party
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی (Urdu)
ملي عوامي ګون (Pashto)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awami_National_Party
"The Awami
National Party (ANP, Awami meaning People) is a nationalist political party
(leftist) in Pakistan. The Party is mostly famous among the Pashtuns of Pakistan
in NWFP, Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Western Punjab,
Northern Areas. The Party's current president is Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan. At
the last legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won 1.0 % of the
popular vote but no seats in the lower house of Parliament.
In 1986, the
National Democratic Party merged with several other groups to form the Awami
National Party. Abdul Wali Khan was elected it's president and Sindhi
nationalist Rasul Bakh Palijo was elected party secretary general.
ANP is
one of many leftist parties of Pakistan. The strongholds of ANP are in the
Pashtun areas of Pakistan, particularly North West frontier Province. The party
is one of the few political parties in Pakistan to conduct internal elections.
Awami National Party will strive for the establishment of a prosperous,
peaceful and liberal society, which shall be based on the following fundamental
principles:
1. Democracy
2. Guarantees for protection of rights and
identities of all nationalities of the country and an unrestricted freedom for
the development of their cultures and languages
3. Freedom from external
domination
4. Freedom from sectarianism
5. Social justice"
http://www.elections.com.pk/partydetails.php?id=1
http://awaminationalparty.org/news/index.php
http://awaminationalparty.org/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=28
The flag of ANP is plain red.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 27
January 2010
