Related Research Articles
The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party,abbreviated as PMAP or PKMAP,is a political party in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It was founded by Mahmood Khan Achakzai,who was elected as the chairman,and Sher Ali Bacha,who served as the General Secretary,in March 1989 in Quetta.
Mahmud Khan Achakzai is a Pakistani Pashtun regionalist politician who is the Chairman of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. Achakzai completed his Engineering degree from the Peshawar University of Engineering and Technology. In 7th National Congress of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party on 19,20 December 2022 Mahmood khan Achakzai re elected as the Chairman Of PkMAP. He is serving as member of National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024.
General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties,Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) had several restrictions imposed on them and their leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif were in exile. In order to address the restrictions,PPP created the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) under the leadership of Ameen Faheem,to contest the elections on its behalf. The PML-N meanwhile,suffering from the party's division into two factions:one that remained loyal to Sharif and were contesting the elections under the leadership of Javed Hashmi,and the other which had broken away to form the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) under the leadership of Mian Muhammad Azhar. The emergence of the PML-Q marked the beginning of multi-party politics in the country,bringing an end to the decade-long two-party system between the PPP and PML-N.
Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani is a Pakistani politician who belongs to a small town Dureji which is located in Lasbela District,Balouchistan. He was the Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Local Government and Rural Development,in office from 8 September 2018 til 12 August 2023. He had been a member of Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he served as Provincial Minister of the Balochistan for Food,and Law and Parliamentary Affairs from 30 August 2018 to 8 September 2018.
General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),led by Imran Khan,the Pakistan Muslim League,led by Shehbaz Sharif,and the Pakistan People's Party,led by Bilawal Bhutto. The PTI won the most seats in the National Assembly but fell short of a majority;the party subsequently formed a coalition government with several smaller parties. At the provincial level,the PTI remained the largest party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP);the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) retained its dominance in Sindh;and the newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party in Balochistan. In Punjab,the result was a hung parliament,with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) winning the most seats. However,after several independent MPAs joined the PTI,the latter became the largest party and was able to form a government.
Sardar Sanaullah Khan Zehri is a Pakistani politician who had been the Chief Minister of Balochistan from 24 December 2015 to 9 December 2017. He belongs to Channal Zarakzai family and is also the Sardar of the Zehri tribe and chief of Jhalawan. Zehri was the central president of the Pakistan Muslim League's Balochistan branch and a confidant of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif He left the PML-N on 7 November 2020.
Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani is a Pakistani Deobandi religious cleric and politician who established Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam the breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) over rifts with (JUI-F) leader Fazal-ur-Rehman. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,between 1988 and May 2018. He was the Chairman of the influential Council of Islamic Ideology from 2010 to 2016.
Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 5 March 2015 to elect the replacements for 52 retiring senators. Those retiring include chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and deputy chairman Sabir Ali Baloch of the upper house. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP),the majority party in Senate,would lose 21 members,followed by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz would lose 9 and Awami National Party would lose 6 members.
Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 3 March 2009. 50 of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms.
The triennial Senate Electionsof Pakistan were held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall,Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest party,followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The results of these elections were steeped in controversy due to rampant allegations of horse trading and vote-buying,which lead to the Prime Minister and opposition leader Imran Khan calling for reforms. Prior to this election,PML (N) candidates were declared as independents by the Election Commission of Pakistan owing to a Supreme Court judgment.
Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo is a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan from 29 October 2021 till 18 August 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. He was the former Party President of the Balochistan Awami Party.
Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 24th Governor of Balochistan,in office since 6 May 2024.
Ruquiya Saeed Hashmi is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan,from May 2013 to May 2018. Ms.Hashmi is married to Senator Saeed Hashmi.
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is a Pakistani politician who served as the longest-serving caretaker prime minister of Pakistan between 14 August 2023 and 4 March 2024. He was succeeded by his predecessor Shehbaz Sharif. He assumed membership in the Upper House of Pakistan in March 2018. Before taking on the role of caretaker prime minister,Kakar had resigned from the upper house of parliament. Subsequently,he publicly declared his resignation from both the Senate and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP),a political party he established in 2018.
The Balochistan Awami Party is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan founded in 2018 by political dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in Balochistan.
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 25 July 2018. Newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party by winning 24 seats followed by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal who won 10 seats. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 7 seats for the very first time.
Syed Ehsan Shah is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
Elections for the Senate of Pakistan were held on 2 April 2024. Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed by the ECP.
Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,a province of Pakistan are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan. The Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the Provincial Assembly to the conduct of Provincial elections need to be approved by the Parliament of Pakistan. Election Commission of Pakistan is responsible of conducting Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Provincial elections were held in Balochistan on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023,after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,elections have been delayed for several months,as new delimitations will be published on 14 December 2023. On 2 November 2023,the Election Commission of Pakistan announced,in agreement with the President of Pakistan,Arif Alvi,that the elections will be held on 8 February 2024. This election will be held concurrently with nationwide general elections and other provincial elections.
References
- 1 2 3 "Constituency wise detailed Result (1988 - 1997) - Balochistan Assembly" (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan . Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "Courage in dangerous times". Dawn (newspaper). 7 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "Saeed Ahmed Hashmi". Senate of Pakistan . Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "Saeed Ahmed Hashmi (March 2006 to March 2012 tenure Profile)". Senate of Pakistan . Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "Pir Ghaib incident condemned". Dawn (newspaper). 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "Soomro, Jan elected Senate chairman and deputy". Business Recorder (newspaper). 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "PML-N dissidents, independents launch 'Balochistan Awami Party'". Dawn (newspaper). 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "Anwarul Haq Kakar, Saeed Hashmi launch Balochistan Awami Party". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "Senate election 2021: PTI emerges as largest party with 26 seats". Dunya News. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ "PM tells Jam to restore defunct dists". Dawn (newspaper). 30 December 2002. Retrieved 14 October 2021.