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Awami National Party (ANP)
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Asfandyar Wali Khan    
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Introduction

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.

History and Background

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.

Current Status

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

Party Contact
Party Address : Bacha Khan Markaz,
Pajagi Road, Peshawar
PukhtoonKhwa (NWFP), Pakistan.
Tel No : 092 - 91 - 524 6851-2
Fax : 092 - 91 - 524 6853
Email : anp786@brain.net.pk, anp@pes.comsats.net.pk
Website : http://anp.org.pk/index.htm
Awami National Party (ANP) in News
1 - ANP decides to review coalition with PPP
•   PESHAWAR: The consultative committee of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Sunday recommended to the central leadership of the party to review its coal...Read More ANP decides to review coalition with PPP
2 - NWFP refuses to get trapped in by-polls fiasco again
•   ISLAMABAD: The NWFP government refused to oblige the interior ministry, which again approached it to get a fresh letter from the provincial government...Read More NWFP refuses to get trapped in by-polls fiasco again
3 - Hoti elected NWFP CM unopposed
•   PESHAWAR: Amir Haider Hoti was elected as NWFP Chief Minister unopposed on Monday, as no one had filed nomination papers for the top slot against him....Read More Hoti elected NWFP CM unopposed
4 - ANP announces election manifesto
•   PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) has announced here today its election manifesto in which it has been said that it would change the name of th...Read More ANP announces election manifesto
5 - ANP rules out alliance with pro-govt parties
•   Awami National Party president Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan on Tuesday announced that his party would never enter into any alliance with pro-Musharraf ...Read More ANP rules out alliance with pro-govt parties
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