Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party
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Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party / ) (PkMAP) is a Pashtun democratic political party in 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...
. The moto of PkMAP is to unite Pushtuns of Balochistan
Balochistan
Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...
, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan.
Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Mahmood Khan Achakzai is a Pakistani politician and chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, an Afghan Pashtun nationalist party based in the pashtun belt of Pakistan. The son of activist Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, Achakzai remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan three times...
is the current party chairman. Abdul Rahim Mondokhail Advocate is the deputy chairman and a current senator of Pakistan.Sher Ali Bacha was the first Secretary General of Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.The party boycotted the 2008 general elections
Pakistani general election, 2008
A general election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora...
in protest of unconstitutional election held by president 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...
, Pervez Musharaf.
The area in which the party has influence spreads from Bolan
Bolan
Bolan may refer to:People*Sihag or Bolan, a gotra of Jat people.Music*Marc Bolan , British musician of T. Rex*Rachel Bolan, of band Skid Row*T-Bolan, Japanese rock bandPlaces...
to Chitral
Chitral
Chitral or Chetrar , translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River , in Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, high...
.
See also
- Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan PartyPukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan PartyThe Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan Party was a Pushtun nationalist political party in Pakistan. It was formed by Sher Ali Bacha in 1979, as a split from the Maoist Mazdoor Kisan Party. In 1989 the party merged into the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party....