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Political parties in Pakistan lists political parties in Pakistan. Pakistan has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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[edit] Parties active in national and provincial politics

[edit] Major parties and coalitions

Parties and coalitions, ranked by seats in Parliament;

  1. Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML Quaid-e-Azam; the party supporting Pervez Musharraf)
  2. Muttahida Qaumi Movement, associated with Pakistan's Urdu-speaking Muhajir community
  3. Muttahhida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan (MMA), a coalition of religious parties consisting of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy), Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (assembly of Pakistani Clergy), and Tehrik-e-Islami
  4. Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML "Nawaz group")
  5. Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (PPPP), the parliamentary wing of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) headed by Benazir Bhutto)
  6. Hizb Al-Tahrir Pakistan, Hizb ut-Tahrir is an independent Islamic political party. The party works throughout the Islamic world, including Pakistan, to resume the Islamic way of life by re-establishing the Islamic Khilafah [Caliphate]. The party adheres to Islamic law in all aspects of its work and considers violence or armed struggle against the regime, as a method to re-establish the Islamic State, to be forbidden by Islamic law. In the Western world, the party seeks to explain the Islamic ideology to Muslims, to create a dialogue with Western thinkers and to present a positive image of Islam to Western society.

[edit] Minor parties

[edit] Former coalition

[edit] Parties in Parliament

The Parliament of Pakistan is bicameral, consisting of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Senate. National Assembly elections were last held on 12 October 2002, and Senate elections were last held in February 2003.

[edit] Composition of Parliament

Senate after February 2003 elections
Party Seats
PML/Q 40
PPPP 11
MMA 21
MQM/A 6
PML/N 4
NAP 3
PML/F 1
PkMAP 2
ANP 2
PPP/S 2
JWP 1
BNP-Awami 1
BNP-Mengal 1
BNM/H 1
Independents 4
   
   

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National Assembly elections, October 2002
Party Seats
PML/Q 126
PPPP 81
MMA 63
PML/N 19
NAP 16
MQM/A 14
PML/F 5
PML/J 3
PPP/S 2
BNP 1
JWP 1
PAT 1
PML/Z 1
PTI 1
MQM/H 1
PkMAP 1
Independents 3

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[edit] See also

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