List of political parties in Pakistan

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Pakistan is a multi-party democracy. The country has many political parties and many times in the past the country has been ruled by a coalition government.

The Parliament of Pakistan is bicameral, consisting of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Senate.

Brief history and overviews[edit]

The military-dominated Establishment has directly ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its existence since its creation in 1947, while frequently exerting covert dominance over the political leadership during the remainder.[1][2] The Establishment in Pakistan includes the key decision-makers in the country's military and intelligence services, national security, as well as its foreign and domestic policies, including the state policies of aggressive Islamization during the military dictatorship of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. However, the military establishment later reversed its support of political Islam under General Pervez Musharraf, who pursued enlightened moderation in the 2000s.

Till 1990, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the only major party of Pakistan. After Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto died, Benazir Bhutto took control and they remained a strong position throughout Pakistan. In 1990, Nawaz Sharif of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) won the elections. Two major parties were in Pakistan. After IJI dissolved and Nawaz Sharif founded Pakistan Muslim League (N), PPP and PML(N) were the major two parties of Pakistan. In 1993, Peoples Party won the election again. In 1996, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was formed. In 2013, PTI took part in the elections and won 35 seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 Pakistan elections, PTI became the government and became one of the three major parties of Pakistan.

In 2020, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was formed of many parties as a movement against then prime minister Imran Khan. Following Imran Khan’s removal, political unrest broke out throughout the country, and in the events leading up to the Pakistani 2024 election, many new parties were formed. The country’ largest party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, would be subject to legal issues, and an alleged crackdown and therefore was forced to register with their alliance member, the Sunni Ittehad Council, which is a minor religious party.

Punjab[edit]

Politics in Punjab happens throughout the Provincial assembly of Punjab. Punjab is generally considered as the most important political province and has been used by major parties such as the PML(N) and PTI in the past to gain legitimacy and as a political stronghold. The province has only seen one exclusively Punjab running party, being the Pakistan Muslim League Q (PML-Q). The Punjab provincial assembly has usually been split between the Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Sindh[edit]

Politics in Sindh happens throughout the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Sindh has been used as a political stronghold for the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) since the party’s creation. The PPP has almost always won landslide victories in provincial elections in Sindh, and has almost always held the province’s seats. Throughout the early 2000s the PML-Q saw minor successes in Sindh, but the province quickly came under the control of the PPP again. The PPP has been accused of bad governance by several Sindhi parties, leading to the creation of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), a coalition of several anti-PPP parties, although the PPP still holds sweeping majorities in Sindhi provincial seats.[3]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)[edit]

Politics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa happens throughout the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The province is full of Pashtun nationalist and regionalist parties favoring Afghan tribalism, such as the ANP and PMAP. The region has also been full of religious parties, like the JUI-F especially throughout the north western areas near Afghanistan. There are several political parties in KPK, and most of them favor Pashtun nationalism with feudal aspects, but ever since Imran Khan’s entrance into politics, the PTI has almost always won landslide election victories in the province and has KPK as a political stronghold and base of power.

Balochistan[edit]

Politics in Balochistan happen throughout the provincial assembly of Balochistan. The area is full of Baloch nationalist parties, with some demanding autonomy for Balochistan, and some extreme groups demanding secession from Pakistan. Most parties from Balochistan follow the same pattern as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, high levels of regionalism and ethnic nationalism, with most ethnic nationalists being left-wing, as well as right-wing religious groups usually gaining victories near the Afghan border. Balochistan is the only province in which no party regularly gains a clear majority, and the provincial assembly is usually split between Baloch nationalist parties.[4]

Gilgit-Baltistan[edit]

The Pakistan Peoples Party won the first Gilgit-Baltistan elections and was the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with 20 seats out of 33. However, in 2015, Pakistan Muslim League (N) won 15 seats and became the major party of Gilgit-Baltistan and PPP only received one seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. However, in the 2020 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 16 seats and became the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with PPP winning 3 and PML(N) winning two seats.

Members of the Parliament[edit]

Party Abrr. Flag Founded Political
position
Leader Ideology National
Assembly
[a]
Senate
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)
Pākistān Muslam Lig (Nūn)
PML-N 1993 Centre-right[5] Nawaz Sharif
108 / 336
18 / 100
Pakistan Peoples Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی
Pākistān Pīplz Pārṭī
PPP 1967 Centre-left[5] Bilawal Bhutto
68 / 336
21 / 100
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف
Pakistan Movement for Justice
PTI 1996 Centre[5] to centre-right Imran Khan
26 / 100
Sunni Ittehad Council[c]
سنی اتحاد کونسل
Sunni Unity Council
SIC 2009 Right-wing Sahibzada Hamid Raza[6]
81 / 336
0 / 100
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان
Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ Pākistān
United National Movement-Pakistan
MQM-P 2016 Centre-left to Centre[5] Khalid Maqbool
22 / 336
3 / 100
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl[d]
جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)
Assembly of Islamic Clerics
JUI-F 1980 Right-wing[5] Fazl-ur-Rahman
8 / 336
5 / 100
Jamaat-e-Islami
جماعتِ اسلامی
Islamic Congress
JI 1947 Right-wing[5]
to far-right
Siraj-ul-Haq
1 / 100
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)[e]
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)
Pākistān Mislam Lig (Q)
PML-Q 2002 Centre-right Shujaat Hussain
4 / 336
1 / 100
Awami National Party
عوامي نېشنل ګوند
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی
ʿAwāmī Nīšonal Pārṭī
People's National Party
ANP 1986 Center-left[5]
to left-wing
Asfandyar Wali
2 / 100
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند
پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی
PkMAP 1989 Centre-left[5] to Left-wing Mahmood Achakzai
1 / 336
2 / 100
National Party
نيشنل پارٹی
Nīšonal Pārṭī
NP 2003 Centre-left Abdul Malik Baloch
1 / 336
2 / 100
Balochistan National Party
بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی
Balōčistān Nīšonal Pārṭī
BNP 1996 Left-wing Akhtar Mengal
1 / 336
2 / 100
Balochistan Awami Party
بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی
Balōčistān Awāmī Pārṭī
Balochistan People's Party
BAP 2018 Centre[5] Khalid Hussain Magsi
1 / 336
10 / 100
Grand Democratic Alliance
گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد
Grānd Jumhuuri Ittehaad
GDA 2018 Big tent Pir of Pagaro VIII
1 / 100
Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
استحکامِ پاکستان
Pakistan Stability Party
IPP 2023 Radical centre Aleem Khan
4 / 336
0 / 100
Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan
پشتونخوا نیشنل عوامی پارٹی
PKNAP 2022 Left-wing Khushal Khan Kakar
1 / 336
0 / 100
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین
Muslim Unity Assembly
MWM 2009 Centre to Right-wing[f][7] Raja Nasir Abbas
1 / 336
0 / 100
Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)
PML-Z 2002 Far-right Ijaz-ul-Haq
1 / 336
0 / 100
Independent
آزاد اراکین
IND
N/A
6 / 336
5 / 100

Provincial Assembly members[edit]

This is the list of parties that are currently represented in any of the 5 Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan, which includes, the Provincial assembly in Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, KPK and Gilgit-Baltistan

Party Abrr. Flag Sindh Punjab Balochistan KPK Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)
PML-N
0 / 168
193 / 371
16 / 65
14 / 145
3 / 33
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف
PTI
20 / 33
Sunni Ittehad Council[c]
سنی اتحاد کونسل
SIC
9 / 168
113 / 371
0 / 65
87 / 145
0 / 33
Pakistan Peoples Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی
PPP
114 / 168
15 / 371
17 / 65
10 / 145
5 / 33
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)}
JUI
0 / 168
0 / 371
13 / 65
9 / 145
1 / 33
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان
MQM-P
36 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Awami National Party
عوامی نيشنل پارٹی
ANP
0 / 168
0 / 371
3 / 65
2 / 145
0 / 33
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)
PML-Q
0 / 168
10 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
استحکامِ پاکستان
IPP
0 / 168
5 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Jamaat-e-Islami
جماعتِ اسلامی
JI
1 / 168
0 / 371
1 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Balochistan National Party
بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی
BNP
0 / 168
0 / 371
1 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Balochistan Awami Party
بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی
BAP
0 / 168
0 / 371
5 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
National Party
نيشنل پارٹی
Nīšonal Pārṭī
NP
0 / 168
0 / 371
4 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Grand Democratic Alliance
گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد
GDA
3 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
مجلس وحدت مسلمین
MWM
0 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
1 / 33
Parties that are unrepresented in the Parliament and are only represented through Provincial assemblies
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians
پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف پارلیمنٹرینز
PTI-P
0 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
2 / 145
0 / 33
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
تحریک لبیک پاکستان
TLP
0 / 168
1 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Balochistan National Party (Awami)
بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (عوامی)
BNP-A
0 / 168
0 / 371
1 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan HDTB
0 / 168
0 / 371
1 / 65
0 / 145
0 / 33
Balawaristan National Front[g]
بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ
Balāwaristān Naishanal Franṭ
BNF
0 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
1 / 33
Islami Tehreek Pakistan
اسلامی تحریک پاکستان
ITP
0 / 168
0 / 371
0 / 65
0 / 145
1 / 33
Independent
آزاد اراکین
IND
0 / 168
1 / 371
0 / 65
4 / 145
1 / 33

Unrepresented parties[edit]

This is the list of registered parties that are currently unrepresented in Parliament and any of the provincial assemblies of Pakistan since 2024.[6]

Party Abrr. Flag Founded Political position Leader Core ideology
Awami Muslim League
عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان
Awāmī Musallam League Pākistān
AML 2008 Centre Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
Jamhoori Wattan Party
جمہوری وطن پارٹی
Republican National Party
JWP 1990 Centre-left[9] to Left-wing Shahzain Bugti
Jamiat Ahle Hadith[h]
جمیعت اہلِ حدیث
المركزى جمعية اهلحديث الباكستان
JAH 1986 Far-right Sajid Mir
Pasban-e-Pakistan[i]
پاسبان پاکستان
Defenders of Pakistan
PP 2015 Single-issue Altaf Shakoor
Awami Workers Party
عوامی ورکرز پارٹی
People's Workers Party
AWP 2012 Left-wing[5] Akhtar Hussain
Barabri Party Pakistan
برابری پارٹی پاکستان
BPP 2018 Left-wing Jawad Ahmad
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)
جمعیت علمائے اسلام (س)
JUI-S 1980 Far-right Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani[10]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Imam Noorani)
جمعیت علماء پاکستان (امام نورانی)
JUP-IN 1948 Right-wing Shah Owais Noorani[11]
Jamote Qaumi Movement
جاموٹ قومی موومنٹ
JQM 1996 Mir Abdul Majid Abro
Pakistan Awami Tehreek
پاکستان عوامی تحريک
Pakistan People's Movement
PAT 1989 Centrism
Fiscal: Centre-left
Social: Centre-right
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Pakistan Muslim League (J)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ج)
PML-J 1988 Muhammad Iqbal Dar[12]
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (شہید بھٹو)
پيپلزپارٽي شهيدڀٽو
PPP-S 1997 Left-wing Ghinwa Bhutto
Pakistan Peoples Party Workers
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ورکرز
PPP-W 2014 Centre-left Safdar Ali Abbasi
Qaumi Watan Party
قومی وطن پارٹی
قومي وطن ګوند
QWP 2012 Centre-left Aftab Ahmad Sherpao
Mustaqbil Pakistan
مستقبل پاکستان
MP 2010 Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi[13]
Sindh United Party
سندھ یونائیٹڈ پارٹی
سنڌ يونائيٽڊ پارٽي
SUP 2006 Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah
Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
پاکستان سنی تحریک
PST 1990 Far-right Sarwat Ejaz Qadri[6]
Qaumi Awami Tahreek
قومی عوامی تحریک
QAT 1970 Left-wing to far-left Ayaz Latif Palijo[12]
Muhajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi[j]
مہاجر قومی موومنٹ حقیقی
MQM-H 1992 Center-left Afaq Ahmed
Hazara Democratic Party
ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی
HDP 2003 Centre-left Abdul Khaliq Hazara
Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek
الله اکبر تحریک
AAT Aslam Rabbani[12]
Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan

تبدیلی پسند پارٹی پاکستان

TPPP 2012 Ali Kazi[14]
National Democratic Party

نیشنل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی

NDP 2018
National Democratic Movement
ملي جمهوري غورځنګ
Millī Jumhūrī Ghōrźang
قومی جمہوری تحریک
NDM 2021 Centre-left Mohsin Dawar
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)
جمعیت علماء پاکستان (نورانی)
JUP-N 1948 Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair[12]
Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
رابطہ جمعیت علمائے اسلام
RJUI 2020 Far-right Muhammad Khan Sherani
Haqooq-e-Khalq Party
حقوقِ خلق پارٹی پاکستان
HKP 2022 Left-wing[5] Ammar Ali Jan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati
پاکستان تحریک انصاف نظریاتی
PTI-N 2012 Akhtar Iqbal Dar
Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party
پاکستان راہِ حق پارٹی ي
PRHP 2012 Far-right Ibrahim Khan Qasmi

Dissolved parties[edit]

Party Abrr. Flag Founded Dissolved Political
position
Founder/Leader(s)
Sindh Hari Committee
سنڌ هاري ڪاميٽي
SHC 1930 Left-wing G. M. Syed
Khaksar movement
تحریکِ خاکسار
KM 1931 1970s Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
جمیعت علمائے اسلام
JUI 1945 1980 Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Muslim League
مسلم لیگ
মুসলিম লীগ
ML 1947 1958 Big tent Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan Socialist Party

پاکستان سوشلسٹ پارٹی

PSP 1948 1958 Left-wing
Azad Pakistan Party
آزاد پاکستان پارٹی
APP 1949 1957 Left-wing Mian Iftikharuddin
Ganatantri Dal
গণতন্ত্রী দল
GD 1953 1957 Mahmud Ali
Haji Mohammad Danesh
Republican Party
ریپبلکن پارٹی
RP 1955 1958 Centre-right Feroz Khan Noon
All Pakistan Awami Muslim League
آل پاکستان عوامی مسلم لیگ
নিখিল পাকিস্তান আওয়ামী মুসলিম লীগ
APAML 1950 1971 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
National Awami Party
نیشنل عوامی پارٹی
ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি
National People's Party
NAP 1957 1962 Left-wing Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Pakistan Muslim League
پاکستان مسلم لیگ
PML 1962[k]
1969[l]
1977[m]
1969[k]
1977[l]
1985[m]
Ayub Khan
Convention Muslim League
کنونشن مسلم لیگ
ML-C 1962 1970s Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman[15]
Council Muslim League
کونسل مسلم لیگ
ML-Co 1962 1970s Khawaja Nazimuddin[15]
Combined Opposition Parties
اپوزیشن جماعتوں کی مشترکہ
COP 1965 1965 Big tent Fatima Jinnah
National Awami Party (Wali)
نیشنل عوامی پارٹی (ولي)
NAP-W 1967 1986 Left-wing Khan Abdul Wali Khan
Pakistan Democratic Party
پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی
PDP 1967 2012 Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz
سندھ مہاجر پنجابی پٹھان متحدہ محاذ
Sindh Mohajir-Pashtun-Punjabi United Front
SMPPMM 1969 Nawab Muzaffar Khan[16]
Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)
پاکستان مسلم ليگ (قيوم)
PML-Qy 1970 1993 Abdul Qayyum Khan
Tehreek-e-Istiqlal
تحریک استقلال
TI 1970 2012 Asghar Khan
Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party
پاکستان مزدور کسان پارٹی
PMKP 1974 2015 Afzal Shah Khamosh
Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan Party
پختونخواہ مزدور کسان پارٹی
PkMKP 1979 1989 Sher Ali Bacha[17]
Tehreek-e-Jafaria
تحریک جعفریہ پاکستان
Movement for Shia Law
TJ 1979 Far-right Arif Hussain Hussaini
National Peoples Party
نیشنل پیپلز پارٹی
NPP 1986 2013 Mustafa Jatoi
Labour Party Pakistan
لیبر پارٹی پاکستان
LPP 1986 2012 Left-wing
to far-left
Qaumi Inqilabi Party
قومی الانقلابی پارٹی
QIP 1987 Left-wing
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
اسلامی جمہوری اتحاد
Islamic Democratic Alliance
IJI 1988 1990 Right-wing Nawaz Sharif
Sindh National Front

سندھ نیشنل فرنٹ

سنڌ نيشنل فرنٽ

SNF 1989 2017 Mumtaz Bhutto
Pakistan Hindu Party
پاکستان ہندو پارٹی
PHP 1990 Rana Chandra Singh
Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (جناح)
PML-J 1995 2004 Manzoor Wattoo
Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party
کمیونسٹ مزدور کسان پارٹی
Communist Workers and Peasants Party
CMKP 1995 2015 Far-left
Millat Party
ملت پارٹی
MP 1997 2004 Farooq Leghari
National Workers Party
نیشنل ورکرز پارٹی
NWP 1999 2010 Left-wing Abid Hassan Minto
Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (Patriots) PPP-PP
2002
Rao Sikander Iqbal
Faisal Saleh Hayat
Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati
جمعیت علمائے اسلام (نظریاتی)
JUI-N 2007 2016 Maulvi Asmatullah
Pakistan Peoples Muslim League
پاکستان پیپلز مسلم لیگ
Formerly Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ہم خیال)
PPML 2009 2013 Arbab Ghulam Rahim
Workers Party Pakistan
ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان
WPP 2010 2012 Far-left Abid Hassan Minto
Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan
تحریک تحفظ پاکستان
Movement for the Protection of Pakistan
TTP 2012 2013 Centre Abdul Qadeer Khan
Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan
عوامی جمهوری اتحاد
AJIP 2012 2015 Liaqat Khan Tarakai
Sindh Awami Ittehad
سندھ عوامي اتحاد
سنڌ عوامي اتحاد
SAI 2012 2017 Liaquat Ali Jatoi
Pak Sarzameen Party
پاک سر زمین پارٹی
PSP 2016 2023 Centre-left Mustafa Kamal
Awami Raj Party[n]
عوامی راج پارٹی
ARJ 2023 Jamshed Dasti
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai)[o]
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف (گلالئی)
PTI-G 2018 2023 Ayesha Gulalai
Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party
پاکستان جسٹس وڈیموکریٹک پارٹی
PJDP 2015 2023 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Unregistered parties[edit]

Party Abrr. Flag Date of foundation Political position Leader(s)
Mazdoor Kisan Party
مزدور کسان پارٹی
Workers and Peasants Party
MKP 1968 Far-left Afzal Shah Khamosh[18]
Pakistan Christian Congress
پاکستان کرسچین کانگریس
PCC 1985 Centre-right Nazir S Bhatti
Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party
سنڌ ترقي پسند پارٽي
سندھ ترقی پسند پارٹی
STP 1991 Left-wing Qadir Magsi
Pakistan Green Party
پاکستان گرین پارٹی
PGP 2002 Green Liaquat Ali Shaikh
Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام
MAI 1929 Far-right Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari[19]
Communist Party of Pakistan
کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان
CPP 1948 Far-left Jameel Ahmad Malik[20]
Pakistan Social Democratic Party
پاکستان سوشل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی
PSDP Mujeeb ur Rehman Kiani
Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)
کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان (تھہیم)
CPP 2002 Far-left Khadim Thaheem[21]
All Pakistan Muslim League
آل پاکستان مسلم لیگ
APML 2010 Centre to centre-right
Bahawalpur National Awami Party
بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی
BNAP 2010 Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi
Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement GBUM
All Pakistan Minorities Alliance
آل پاکستان اقلیتی اتحاد
APML Paul Bhatti
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ لندن
Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ
MQM-L 1984 Altaf Hussain


See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The current national assembly in Pakistan is under severe allegations of rigging, fraud and electoral misconduct to learn more see Allegations of rigging in the 2024 Pakistani general election
  2. ^ a b Due to legal complications and an alleged crackdown on the party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was unable to run in the 2024 elections, and therefore officially has no seats in the national assembly. Instead, the PTI’s candidates are registered under the Sunni Ittehad Council, and the PTI’s are seats are shown there.
  3. ^ a b Represented in-alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
  4. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan[6]
  5. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pakistan Muslim League[6]
  6. ^ Officially the MWM states that it is politically aligned with the PTI at the Centre, but the party has also been considered as Right-wing due to its emphasis on religious values.
  7. ^ Although, represented by BNF's Leader Nawaz Khan Naji as Independent candidate[8] but technically may be considered as BNF's representation.
  8. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith Pakistan[6]
  9. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pasban Democratic Party[6]
  10. ^ Officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan[6]
  11. ^ a b See First phase (1962–1969)
  12. ^ a b See Second phase (1969–1977)
  13. ^ a b See Third phase (1977–1985)
  14. ^ It was officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Pakistan Awami Raj[12]
  15. ^ It was officially registered by Election Commission of Pakistan as Jamaat-e-Suffah[12]

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