Political Parties in Pakistan

Featured Political Parties in Pakistan

• Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

  PML/Q • center • Founded 2002

  The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) is a Pakistani political party with a centre-right political position and a moderate conservative ideology. As of 2025, it has a representation of five seats in the National Assembly and one in the Senate.

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• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

  PTI • center • Founded 1996

  The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. It ranks among the

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• Awami National Party

  ANP • left • Founded 1986

  The Awami National Party (ANP) is a Pakistani political party primarily based in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A leftist Pashtun nationalist party which advocates for federalism in Pakistan, its president is Aimal Wali Khan since 2024 with Mian Iftikhar

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• Muhajir Qaumi Movement

  MQM/H • center left

  The Mohajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi (MQM-Haqiqi) also known as Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan is a political party claiming to represent the Mohajir/Muhajir people (Urdu-speaking people) in Sindh, Pakistan. Its leader is Afaq Ahmed.

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• Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London

  MQM • center • Founded 1984

  Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from London Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan, a political party in Pakistan

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• Pakistan Muslim League (N)

  PML/N • center right • Founded 1993

  The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (abbr. PML(N), PMLN or PML-N) is a Pakistani political party with a centre and centre-right political position and a liberal conservative ideology. It is one of the three major mainstream political parties alongside the Pakis

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• Pakistan Peoples Party

  PPP • center left • Founded 1967

  The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is a Pakistani political party with a centre-left political position and a democratic socialist ideology. It is one of the three major mainstream political parties alongside Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan the Pakistan Muslim League

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• Jamaat-e-Islami

  JI • right • Founded 1941

  Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) is a Pakistani political party with a right-wing political position and an Islamist and social conservative ideology. It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in the British Raj in 1941. JIP is a "vangu

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