Jamhoori Watan Party - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Jamhoori Wattan Party (Republican National Party) is a political party in Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. In legislative elections

Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 during the military regime of Pervez Musharraf.-Parties and candidates:More than 70 parties, contested the election, the main parties were the Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group, Muttahida Quami Movement ,...

, held on 20 October 2002, the party won 0.3 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 272 elected members.

The party has split into two factions one headed by Talal Akbar Bugti

Talal Akbar Bugti

Talal Akbar Bugti is a Pakistani tribal leader of the Bugti tribe of Balochistan and President of the Jamhoori Watan Party....

and the other by Baramdagh Bugti called Baloch Republican Party

Baloch Republican Party

The Baloch Republican Party is a Baloch nationalist party in Balochistan headed by Brahamdagh Khan Bugti. It was formed after Brahamdagh Bugti broke away from the Jamhoori Watan Party, originally formed by his grandfather Akbar Bugti.-External links:*...

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