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The Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement (HKM) is a political party in Pakistan that was founded in 2011 by human rights activist and lawyer, Advocate Aasim Saeed. The party aims to work towards ensuring the basic rights of the people of Pakistan, including the right to education, healthcare, employment, and justice.

The HKM also focuses on promoting transparency and accountability in the government and addressing corruption, poverty, and other social issues in the country. The party has participated in several elections, including the 2013 and 2018 general elections, but has not yet won any seats in the national or provincial assemblies.

Overall, the Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement is a relatively new and small political party in Pakistan, but it has gained attention for its focus on human rights and social justice issues in the country.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 1945, it is the result of a factional split in 1988, F standing for the name of its leader, Fazal-ur-Rehman.

It is almost entirely based in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan, which are mostly inhabited by Pashtuns. The JUI-S faction, led by Samiul Haq, is of regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but has no representation on the national level. The split of JUI into two factions was due to dissent over the policy of Pakistani president Zia-ul-Haq of supporting Mujahideen outfits in the Afghanistan war during the 1980s. One of its faction, Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati (JUI-N), split in 2007 and merged back into JUI-F in 2016. On 29 December 2020, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI-P) split as a separate political party under the leadership of Muhammad Khan Sherani.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (S) commonly known as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) is a political party in Pakistan. It was established in 1980, as a breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) founded by Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani in 1945. The "S" in its name stands for the name of its leader, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq.
During the 1980s, the JUI supported some of General Zia ul Haq's policies, including his anti-Soviet Jihad in Afghanistan. Additionally, official patronage and financial support for madrassas during the Zia years allowed the JUI to build thousands of madrassas, especially in the NWFP (now KPK), which were instrumental in the formation of the Taliban. At the same time the JUI was distrustful of Zia's close ties with the Jamaat-e-Islami and joined the anti-Zia and PPP-led Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD).

Following the death of M***i Mehmood Ahmed in 1980, this dual relationship with Zia's regime eventually led to a split in the party which came to be divided into the JUI-F, headed by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and the JUI-S headed by Samiul Haq, who supported supporting Jihadism and a totalitarian state and also Zia's regime and was a member in his parliament, the Majlis-e-Shura.

JUI-S remained active mostly in regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but has no representation on the national level.

Tehreek-e-Inqilab is a political movement in Pakistan that was founded by Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, a Pakistani-Canadian scholar, in 2012. The movement aims to bring about revolutionary change in the political and social system of Pakistan through peaceful means.

Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, the founder of the movement, is a well-known Islamic scholar and author of numerous books on Islam, law, and politics. He returned to Pakistan from Canada in 2012 to launch the movement, which has gained significant popularity in Pakistan.

The movement's platform focuses on a number of issues, including electoral reforms, social justice, economic prosperity, and the eradication of corruption. It aims to create a democratic system that is accountable to the people and responsive to their needs.

Tehreek-e-Inqilab has organized a number of large-scale protests and rallies in Pakistan, including the "Inqilab March" in 2014, which demanded the resignation of the government and the implementation of electoral reforms. The movement has also launched a number of legal challenges to the Pakistani government, including a challenge to the constitutionality of the Election Act 2017.

The Pakistan Green Party also known as the Pakistan Greens, is a green political party in Pakistan. It was founded on April 28, 2002, and is currently led by Liaquat Ali Shaikh.

Platform:
The ten basic values, or policy positions of the Pakistan Greens are similar to the ten principles of other green parties:

Grassroots democracy
Social justice and equal opportunity
Ecological wisdom (ecosophy)
Non-violence
Decentralization of authority from Power to the People
Community-based economics and economic justice
Gender equity
Respect for diversity
Personal and global responsibility
Sustainability.

The "Nazria Pakistan Council" (NPC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Pakistan that aims to promote and educate people about the ideology of Pakistan as envisioned by the country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The NPC was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Lahore.

The organization works towards creating awareness about the historical and ideological foundations of Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of national unity, faith, and discipline among the citizens of Pakistan. The NPC also works to promote education, research, and publications related to the Pakistan Movement and the country's history.

The NPC organizes seminars, conferences, and workshops to promote the ideology of Pakistan, and also provides scholarships and awards to students who excel in their studies related to Pakistan's history and ideology. The organization also publishes books and journals related to Pakistan's history, culture, and ideology.

Overall, the Nazria Pakistan Council is a significant organization in Pakistan that aims to promote and preserve the country's historical and ideological heritage.

Tehreek-e-Jawanan Pakistan is a political party in Pakistan that was founded in 2012 by a group of young political activists. The party's main focus is on empowering the youth of Pakistan and addressing the issues that affect them.

The party's founder, Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar, is a young entrepreneur and social activist who has been involved in various youth-led initiatives in Pakistan. The party aims to provide a platform for young people to participate in the country's political process and make their voices heard.

Tehreek-e-Jawanan Pakistan has not yet gained significant traction in Pakistani politics, and its impact on the country's political landscape has been limited. However, the party has been active in organizing youth-focused events and campaigns, including voter registration drives and protests against government policies that are seen as harmful to young people.

Overall, while Tehreek-e-Jawanan Pakistan is still a relatively small political party, its focus on youth empowerment and engagement could make it an important player in Pakistani politics in the years to come.

Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara Pakistan is a political movement that advocates for the creation of a separate Hazara province within Pakistan. The Hazaras are an ethnic group that primarily resides in the central region of Pakistan, known as Hazara Division, which includes the districts of Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Battagram, Kohistan, and Torghar.

The movement aims to address the political, economic, and social marginalization of the Hazara people in Pakistan. It argues that the Hazara community has been neglected by the federal and provincial governments and has suffered discrimination and violence.

The proponents of the Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara Pakistan movement argue that creating a separate province for the Hazara people would allow them to have greater autonomy in managing their affairs, better representation in government, and control over their resources.

The movement has gained significant support from the Hazara community, both within Pakistan and abroad. However, it has also faced opposition from other ethnic groups within Pakistan who fear that it could lead to further fragmentation of the country.

The Awami National Party is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Asfandyar Wali Khan, 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.

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 2008–2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013.

The CPP was founded in Calcutta, India, soon after the establishment of Pakistan on 6 March 1948. A decision was taken at the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of India, which was held in Calcutta at that time, that a separate communist party ought to be created in the new state of Pakistan. It was thought that Pakistan, being a relatively small country (in comparison to India) and suffering from instability, was ripe for revolution. The delegates from Pakistan separated themselves and held a separate session where they constituted the CPP. Sajjad Zaheer (founder of the All-India Progressive Writers Association), from West Pakistan, was elected General-Secretary. The delegates from East Pakistan elected an East Pakistan Provincial Committee. Many Muslim leaders of the CPI were sent to Pakistan to help with the formation of the party.

The party continued its political activities in a clandestine way soon after formation. It was banned in July 1954 on charges of plotting to overthrow the then government of Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan. The famous case, Rawalpindi Conspiracy case was registered in 1951 against the coup plotters and crackdown launched. against its leadership throughout the country.

The Jamote Qaumi Movement is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

The Jamot Qomi Movement was founded by Mir Gul Hassan Manjhoo Let to provide a political platform for the Jamot people of Balochistan in 1996 in Dera Murad Jamali. The party was created on the basis of the political philosophy of Mir Abdul Malik Shaheed and Mir Murtaza Abro Shaheed (the pioneers of the anti-feudal movement in Kachhi, Balochistan).

The manifesto of the party is:

* Struggle for the Jamot people in Balochistan
* struggle against feudalism
* the party believes the Islamic system of social justice should be implemented in the country.

The National People's Party was a political party located in Pakistan (most active in the province of Sindh and southern parts of Punjab). It was founded in 1986 by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi after he had a disagreement with Benazir Bhutto, subsequently leaving the Pakistan Peoples Party.

In the 2008 Pakistani general elections the party only managed to win one seat in the National Assembly. Ghulam Mustafa's son Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi won the election in NA-211 Naushahro Feroze-I, holding the seat won in 2002 elections by Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jemms under the National Alliance banner. The party also won four provincial seats, all in the Sindh province.

In May 2013, the party merged with the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
The National People's Party was founded in 1986 by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, who brought together a number of political heavyweights from all over Pakistan under its banner. Among them were former Pakistan People's Party stalwarts and Punjab Chief Ministers Ghulam Mustafa Khar and Hanif Ramay, as well as former federal ministers: S.M. Zafar, Hamid Raza Gilani, Malik Hamid Sarfraz, Nawab Ghaus Bux Raisani, Kamal Azfar, Mian Sajid Pervaiz, Nafees Siddiqui, Rana Muhammad Hanif Khan, Akhtar Hussain Shah, Rabbani Khar and Aftab Shah Gilani. A manifesto was prepared and the party was expected to rise to prominence quickly due to the declining popularity of the People's Party. Now, it is declining due to insufficient leadership. Irfan Abbasi was the media coordinator of the National People's Party He had also worked in the Sukkur Division as an information secretary. Soon after, he was kicked out of the party due to allying with the Pakistan People's Party.

Qaumi Watan Party 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. 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. 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.

The name and manifesto of the party were formally changed on October 17, 2012. It was renamed from "Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao" to "Qaumi Watan Party". The tri-color flag was also changed by replacing the green color with white. Aftab Ahmad Sherpao said Qaumi Watan Party will work for rights of the Pashtuns of the entire region, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karachi, Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party is a left-wing Pakistani political party. Dr. Qadir Magsi is the chairman of Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party.
The Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party has been engaged in socio- political activism in Pakistans since last two decades, by struggling against despotism, theocratic & fascist terrorism, and economic exploitation of smaller constituent units with a special focus on Sindh and Sindhi people. It is now poised to play a pivotal role in parliamentary politics of Pakistan, by contesting elections and undertaking formal activities in political and developmental spheres as an organized institution.
The party was involved in ethnic violence against Muhajirs in the late 1980s when they fought against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement led by Altaf Hussain. STP killed thousands of Muhajirs in 1988 Hyderabad, Sindh massacre.

Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan Movement for the Protection of Pakistan) was a political party in Pakistan founded and led by nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The party is registered at the Election Commission of Pakistan and is headquartered in Islamabad. It participated in the Pakistani general elections of 2013. In September 2013, the party was dissolved by Abdul Qadeer Khan.

The Tahreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Pakistan was formed to defend Pakistan's geographic boundaries and to develop strong socio-economic principles. This aim was to lead the Pakistani nation towards Quaid-e-Azam's dream of an Islamic, democratic welfare state and to build a strong Pakistan for future generations. Abdul Qadeer Khan took up this challenge and this Tahreek aimed to follow his guidelines and aspirations to achieve its objectives.
When the Pakistani nation was demoralized after the separation of East Pakistan in 1971, Khan, a nuclear scientist and patriotic Pakistani came forward and started working on a nuclear programme. Pakistan officially became a nuclear Power in 1998. All the aggression against Pakistan came to halt with this, and national moral peaked. Unfortunately successive governments did not harvest the socio-economic benefits that the situation offered.

The Istiqlal Part is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and monarchist party and a member of the Centrist Democrat International and International Democrat Union. Istiqlal headed a coalition government under Abbas El Fassi from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. From 2013 to 2021, it was part of the opposition. Since 2021 it is part of a coalition government led by Aziz Akhannouch.

The party emerged in the anti-colonial struggle against French and Spanish imperial rule.

The party was founded in April 1937 as the National Party for Istiqlal, and became the Istiqlal Party 10 December 1943. Istiqlal held strongly Arab nationalist views[13] and was the main political force struggling for the independence of Morocco. The party was often critical of the ruling monarchy, after being instrumental in gaining independence from French colonialism. Independence was achieved in 1956, and the party then moved into opposition against the monarchy, which had asserted itself as the country's main political actor.

There was a movement within the Istiqlal Party to unite Muslims and Jews called al-Wifaq, with prominent Jewish figures such as Armand Asoulin, David Azoulay, Marc Sabbagh, Joe O’Hana, and Albert Aflalo.

The Islamic Republican Party formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in 1987 due to internal conflicts.

The party was formed just two weeks following the revolution upon the request of Ayatollah Khomeini. Five cofounders of the party were Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Mohammad Beheshti, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Khamenei, and Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili. Early members of the central committee of the party, in addition to founding members, were Hassan Ayat, Asadollah Badamchiyan, Abdullah Jasbi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Habibollah Askar Oladi, Sayyed Mahmoud Kashani, Mahdi Araghi and Ali Derakhshan. The party had three general secretaries: Beheshti, Bahonar and Khamenei.

The party has been said to be distinguished by "its strong clerical component, its loyalty to Khomeini, its strong animosity to the liberal political movements, and its tendency to support the revolutionary organizations," such as the komiteh. Policies it supported included the state takeover of large capital enterprises, the establishment of an Islamic cultural and university system, and programs to assist the poor.

These revolutionary ayatollahs originally used the party to form a monopoly over the post-revolutionary theocratic Iranian state. In its struggle with civilian opponents the party made use of its ties to the Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah.

The Wali Khan faction of the National Awami Party was formed after the 1967 split in the original NAP between Maulana Bhashani and Abdul Wali Khan. The Wali Khan faction was later named National Awami Party (NAP) after the independence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan).

The NAP was banned twice during its eight-year-long existence, the first time under Yahya Khans government in 1971 and the second time in 1975 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government. It was then resurrected under the name National Democratic Party, from which in turn was formed the Awami National Party.

The Party represented left wing views in Pakistan and its core politics was based on the disbanding of the One Unit, restoration of adult franchise (1967–1970), land reforms, protection of tenants' rights, redistribution of wealth through nationalisation, Pakistan becoming a confederacy as well as the holding of fair elections, protection of an independent judiciary and freedom of the press. It contested the 1970 election, winning the second largest number of seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the largest in Baluchistan, and a handful of seats in East Pakistan's provincial assembly. It failed to win any seats in Punjab and Sindh.

After the division of Pakistan in 1971, NAP formed coalition governments in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on the basis of winning majority of seats in the two provinces. Arbab Sikandar Khan was appointed Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Ghaus Bux Bizenjo Governor of Balochistan. Sardar Akhtar Mengal was elected the first Chief Minister of Balochistan and the NAP supported M***i Mahmud of the JUI as Chief Minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The party was disbanded in 1975 amidst a government crackdown.[4] It was resurrected in 1976 under the National Democratic Party under Sherbaz Mazari but split in 1979 following disagreements amongst the left wing of the party against the leadership. A brief attempt was made to resurrect the Party by Ajmal Khattak under the name National Awami Party of Pakistan in 2000, however the party was routed in the 2002 election and much of its leadership merged back with the ANP.

Tehreek-e-Istiqlal was a political party in Pakistan. It was once the second most popular political party in Pakistan. It was formed by Air Marshal Retd. Asghar Khan in 1970.

In 1990 Pakistani general election it entered into an alliance with Pakistan Peoples Party for electoral calculus.
In January 2012, Tehreek-e-Istiqlal announced merging with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is a far right Islamic extremist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Khadim Hussain Rizvi in August 2015. It became the fifth largest party at the 2018 Pakistani general election, but failed to win any seat in the National Assembly or the Punjab Assembly. However, it was successful in gaining three seats in the Sindh Assembly.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik is known for its protests in opposition to any change to Pakistan's blasphemy law. It demands that Sharia be established as the Islamic fundamental law in Pakistan, through a gradual legal and political process.

Most of the party's members belong to the Barelvi movement and it secured over 2.2 million votes in 2018 elections. Despite being banned, TLP was allowed to contest the elections and secured third place in Karachi by-elections. The party organized the 2021 Pakistani protests.

Ali Kazi, head of Tabdeeli Pasand Party (TPP) launched here on Sunday at a public gathering, said that change could only be brought about by the power of vote and not by carrying cudgels or axes.

“Today, I in the presence of thousands of Sindh people, announce launching this party, which will be a harbinger of change in Sindh and drastically change the way politics is practiced in this province,” he said.

He said that vote was the future of upcoming generations. People had come to the public meeting with dreams of bright future for their children and not to appease some feudal lord. “This party is an alternative to all the other feudal-dominated parties in Sindh,” he said. He said that the party had been registered with Election Comm­ission of Pakistan five months ago but was being launched that day after “I visited all small and big towns of the province and sought feedback from people”.

Mr Kazi said that corruption was an issue that concerned the entire country but Sindh was its worst victim.

Sunni Tehreek is a Pakistani Barlevi organization. The organization was founded by Muhammad Saleem Qadri in 1990 in order to prevent Barelevi mosques from being seized by Deobandi and Wahabi organizations. It also sees itself as a defender of Barelvis from attacks from Deobandis and Wahabi Muslims.

The Islamist group is known for its strong support of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, and for its hardline support of the death penalty for those accused of committing blasphemy. Sunni Tehreek is vocal in its support of Mumtaz Qadri, the bodyguard who murdered Punjab's governor Salman Taseer after Taseer called for reform of blasphemy laws. Supporters of the organization assaulted the popular former pop-star Junaid Jamshed, and called for his prosecution under the blasphemy laws.