Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Pakistani political party
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The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (abbr. PMAP or PKMAP)[a] is a Pakistani political party, primarily based in northern Balochistan. It was founded in March 1989 in Quetta by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who was elected as the chairman, and Sher Ali Bacha, who served as the General Secretary.[13]
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Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند | |
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| Chairman | Mahmood Khan Achakzai |
| Secretary-General | Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal |
| Founders | Mahmood Khan Achakzai Sher Ali Bacha[1] |
| Founded | 1989[2] |
| Succeeded by | PNAP[3] |
| Student wing | Pashtunkhwa Students Organization (PSO) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[10] to left-wing[9] |
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| Colors | Orange |
| Senate | 0 / 100
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| National Assembly | 1 / 336
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The party was a coalition partner of the PML-N in the Balochistan government following the 2013 elections and stood by the PML-N during some of the latter's most challenging times in government.[2][14]
Ideology
PKMAP had opposed the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Its chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai has previously suggested that FATA should be governed either by a governor or a council that should be elected through adult franchise. PKMAP chief Achakzai has also called for the creation of a province for Pakhtuns living in areas from the Pak-Afghan border to Mianwali in Pakistan.[15][16]
Electoral history
In the 2018 elections, the party could not secure a single seat in the National Assembly but was able to win one seat in the Balochistan assembly. In the 2013 Pakistan general and provincial elections, the party won three general seats in the National Assembly and 10 in the Balochistan Assembly. In 2002, PKMAP secured one NA seat and three provincial assembly seats. The party won two provincial seats in the 1997 polls. It won three NA seats and four provincial seats in 1993. Prior to this, in the 1990 elections, PKMAP won three provincial assembly seats.[17][18][19][20]
In the 2024 Pakistani general elections, the party managed to win one seat in the National Assembly, but did not win a single seat in the Balochistan Assembly. Backed by the PTI, the leader of PKMAP, Achakzai, ran for president against Asif Ali Zardari from the PPP, whom he lost against, only securing 181 electoral votes compared to Zardari's 411 electoral votes.[21]
Party leadership
Leader
| Leader | Term start | Term end | Constituency | Notes | |
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Mahmood Khan Achakzai
(b. December 14, 1948) |
March, 1989 | Incumbent | NA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-Chaman | |
