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35-1276: National Democratic Party may refer to: A–L [ edit ] National Democratic Party (Argentina) , 1931–1955 National Democratic Party (Austria, 1967–88) National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) National Democratic Party (Barbados) National Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) National Democratic Party (British Guiana) , led by Rudy Kendall National Democratic Party (British Virgin Islands) National Democratic Party (Bulgaria) National Democratic Party (Cayman Islands) National Democratic Party (Chile) National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia) National Democratic Party (Djibouti) National Democratic Party (Egypt) , founded by President Anwar El Sadat in 1978 - dissolved in 2011 National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s) National Democratic Party (Fiji, 2006) National Democratic Party (Georgia) National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) National Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party (Ghana) National Democratic Party (Gold Coast) , active from 1950 to 1952 National Democratic Party (Greece) , in

70-688: A confederacy as well as the holding of fair elections, protection of an independent judiciary and freedom of the press. It contested the 1970 election, winning the second largest number of seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , the largest in Baluchistan , and a handful of seats in East Pakistan's provincial assembly. It failed to win any seats in Punjab and Sindh . After the division of Pakistan in 1971, NAP formed coalition governments in

105-678: A former political party in Turkey Rashtriya Loktantrik Party , India Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Democratic Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Democratic_Party&oldid=1224457957 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

140-901: A national level after 61 years. For the 2023 Argentine general election , they joined La Libertad Avanza coalition led by Javier Milei and the party secretary-general Victoria Villarruel . Milei won the election in the run-off, and the Democratic Party obtained seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one in the Senate . National Democratic Party (Pakistan) Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The Wali Khan faction of

175-978: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Democratic Party (Argentina) Along with the Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A) and the Independent Socialist Party (PSI) it was a part of the Concordancia , a coalition government that ruled between 1932 and 1943, a period of Argentine history known as the " Infamous Decade ", characterised by massive voter fraud . Among its leading figures were Robustiano Patrón Costas , Julio Argentino Pascual Roca , Manuel Fresco and Rodolfo Moreno. Ramón S. Castillo , Vice-President to Roberto María Ortiz , who went to serve as acting President between 1940 and 1942, and later as President until June 4, 1943,

210-524: The National Awami Party was formed after the 1967 split in the original NAP between Maulana Bhashani and Abdul Wali Khan . The Wali Khan faction was later named National Awami Party (NAP) after the independence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan ). The NAP was banned twice during its eight-year-long existence, the first time under Yahya Khans government in 1971 and the second time in 1975 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 's government. It

245-650: The Zimbabwe African People's Union National Democratic Party (Romania) National Democratic Party (Sint Maarten) National-Democratic Party (Slovakia) , predecessor of the Democratic Union National Democratic Party (Slovenia) National Democratic Party of Spain National Democratic Party (Suriname) National Democratic Party of Tibet , the primary political party of

280-1055: The 1920s led by Georgios Kondylis National Democratic Party (Hungary) National Democratic Party (India) National Democratic Party (Indonesia) National Democratic Party (Kerala) , in Kerala, India from 1974 to 1996 National Democratic Party (Iraq, 1946) National Democratic Party (Iraq) National Democratic Party (Ireland) National Democratic Party (Japan, 1929) , led by Miyazaki Ryusuke National Democratic Party (Japan) , from 1950 until 1952 National Democratic Party of Liberia National Democratic Party of Lithuania M–Z [ edit ] National Democratic Party (Morocco) National Democratic Party (Namibia) National Democratic Party (Nepal) National Democratic Party (Nigeria) National Democratic Party (North Macedonia) National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland) National Democratic Party (Pakistan) National-Democratic Party (Poland) National Democratic Party (Rhodesia) , predecessor of

315-683: The ANP. On 30 November 1967, the NAP split between Maulana Bhashani and Abdul Wali Khan , ostensibly because Bhashani sided with China while Professor Muzaffar Ahmed , along with Abdul Wali Khan, sided with the USSR in the Sino-Soviet split . Following the split, the leftist members of the NAP, many of whom were active in a Kissan (peasant) Committee, decided to follow the Wali Khan faction. Soon after,

350-686: The Hyderabad Conspiracy Case in 1976, although they were acquitted of the charge of the murder of PPP stalwart Hayat Khan Sherpao, the decision to ban the NAP was upheld by the courts. In addition to Abdul Wali Khan, the case also implicated two governors, two chief ministers, scores of national and provincial parliamentarians, Khan Amirzadah Khan , Syed Kaswar Gardezi, Habib Jalib (Urdu revolutionary poet) and Mir Gul Khan Nasir (Balochi Revolutionary Poet/Leader) and even some of Bhutto’s former colleagues, many of whom were later re-elected and became federal or provincial ministers. With

385-526: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on the basis of winning majority of seats in the two provinces. Arbab Sikandar Khan was appointed Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Ghaus Bux Bizenjo Governor of Balochistan . Sardar Ataullah Mengal was elected the first Chief Minister of Balochistan and the NAP supported Mufti Mahmud of the JUI as Chief Minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . The party

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420-460: The NAP leadership largely imprisoned, a new political party was formed on the wreckage of the NAP in 1976 by Sherbaz Khan Mazari. Named National Democratic Party (NDP), it was headed by Sherbaz Khan Mazari . The Hyderabad case was withdrawn after General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in July 1977 and Afghan President Daoud Khan offered to settle all issues with Pakistan if the ban on NAP

455-599: The Theory of Four Nationalities. The theory advocated by senior NAP leader Bizenjo stated Pakistan was composed of four distinct "nations", the Pukhtun, Baloch, Sindhi and Western Punjabi. The party contested the 1970 elections from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Balochistan, Sindh and East Pakistan. It did not field any candidates in the Punjab, Nationally it fielded 16 candidates from K-P, three of whom got elected, securing 18.4% of

490-914: The Tibetan government in exile National Democratic and Labour Party , a British party often known as the National Democratic Party National Democratic Party (UK, 1966) National Democratic Party (United States) , historic political party, not to be confused with the modern United States Democratic Party National Democratic Party of Alabama , in U.S., opposed George Wallace National Democratic Party (Venezuela) See also [ edit ] Democratic National Party (disambiguation) National Democrats (disambiguation) National Party (disambiguation) NDP (disambiguation) National Democracy (disambiguation) National Democratic Movement (disambiguation) Nationalist Democracy Party ,

525-598: The ban on the National Awami Party. This led to the formation of National Awami Party coalition provincial governments in the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan . Despite the initial positive start, the agreement rapidly began to unravel due to the growing animosity between Khan and Bhutto. In 1972, Wali Khan was elected as Parliamentary leader of the opposition, the NAP made several initiatives to broaden its support across

560-648: The behest of leftists within the Pakistan People's Party . On March 23, 1973, the Federal Security Force , a paramilitary force under the alleged orders of Bhutto, attacked a public opposition rally at the Liaquat Bagh in the town of Rawalpindi and killed a dozen people; many more were wounded by their automatic gunfire. Wali Khan narrowly escaped a bullet during the attack. Public anger amongst ethnic Pashtuns ran high, as almost all

595-603: The country. It dropped its demand to rename the then North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Pakhtunistan , declared Urdu as the provincial language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and espoused federalism with greater autonomy for the provinces. Senior party leader Ghaus Bux Bizenjo advocated that Pakistan consisted of four nationalities and their empowerment equally would prevent the breakup of Pakistan. The party's provincial governments faced attacks from leftists and Maoists who advocated armed conflict to take land from landlords and feudals. These attacks were allegedly on

630-534: The dead and most of the wounded were from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and were mostly members of the National Awami Party. The enraged party workers and followers wanted to parade the dead bodies on the streets in Peshawar and other cities of the province, and provoke a full scale confrontation. Wali Khan rejected this notion and held back his infuriated party cadres, escorting the dead bodies to Peshawar; he had them buried quietly with their bereaved families. Following

665-585: The defeat, Yahya Khan resigned from office and the military. Under General Gul Hassan Khan , Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was brought back from America and appointed President. During the martial law crackdown against East Pakistan, the National Awami Party under Wali Khan was one of a handful of parties that protested the military operation. In one case, Khan helped a senior East Pakistani diplomat's son escape to Afghanistan from possible internment in West Pakistan. The military government, in retaliation against

700-455: The face of an increasingly strong national campaign led by the NAP against the government, Bhutto banned NAP on February 8, 1975 after the murder of his close colleague Hayat Khan Sherpao , throwing thousands of its workers and much of its leadership, including party president Abdul Wali Khan , in jail for alleged anti-state activities. Invoking the 1st amendment of the 1973 constitution the government charged Wali Khan and his colleagues under

735-537: The federating provinces would return to their province of origin after the dissolution of the One Unit. Most of the officers insisted on leaving. Despite this fact, Sardar Ataullah Mengal as chief minister, moved a resolution in the Balochistan Assembly to do away with the domicile as a qualification and suggested that those who had spent several generations in the province should be treated as locals. It

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770-653: The formation of the Pakistan National Party . Sherbaz Khan Mazari led the NDP into joining the Movement for Restoration of Democracy . The alliance with former rivals the PPP did not go down well with Ghaffar Khan who encouraged by Governor Fazle Haq warned Ghaffar Khan of what would happen if the PPP returned to power. This move led to a split between Mazari and Wali Khan which were aggravated after Wali Khan in

805-464: The humiliation of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War used the pretext of arms shipment from Iraq to dismember Pakistan and dismissed the Balochistan provincial government in 1973, in protest against the decision the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government resigned in protest. Ataullah Mengal and his colleagues, including Ghaus Bux Bizenjo and Khair Bakhsh Marri were arrested along with other NAP leaders. In

840-481: The impasse as Yahya Khan had already decided on a full scale military crackdown. Pakistan's increasing vulnerability and widespread international outrage against the military crackdown eventually created a situation that led to war between Pakistan and India. This war proved disastrous and culminated in Pakistan's armed forces being defeated in East Pakistan and the creation of the new state of Bangladesh . Shocked by

875-471: The leadership backed Abdul Wali Khan as a compromise candidate. The National Council of the Party met on 30 June and 1 July 1968 at Royal Hotel, Peshawar, with Professor Muzaffar Ahmed, President of East Pakistan NAP chairing the first session. Abdul Wali Khan was unanimously elected as President of the party. The National Awami Party was a socialist political party that advocated greater provincial autonomy and

910-610: The leadership of the Wali Khan faction, being landlords, decided not to allow members of the NAP to also be members of the Kissan Committee. The leftists, led by Afzal Bangash and Sher Ali Bacha , then decided to leave the NAP and establish the Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP). The NAP party leadership struggling with a rivalry between Mahmud Ali Kasuri and Mahmudul Haq Usmani for the Presidency. Ultimately

945-474: The massacre the Federal Security Force launched a crackdown against the party that led to many senior leaders including Ajmal Khattak to flee into exile to Kabul. The Balochistan government immediately faced multiple crisis the first of which was when the Balochistan police department, mostly officered by people from Punjab or Khyber Pukhtunkhwa . As there was a provision that employees in

980-511: The protests, banned the party and launched mass arrests of party activists. In 1972, as the opposition leader, Wali Khan was contacted by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who wanted to lift martial law and set up a new constitution. Wali Khan's negotiations with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto led to the NAP signing of an agreement with the government in 1972, called the Tripartite Agreement. The agreement led to the lifting of martial law and removal of

1015-476: The vote, in Balochistan three out of four candidates were elected but it failed to win any seats from Sindh. In 1971, in an attempt to avert a possible showdown between the Military and the people of East Pakistan, on March 23, 1971, Khan, along with other Pakistani politicians, jointly met Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They offered support to Mujeeb in the formation of a government, but it was already too late to break

1050-537: Was a member of this party. The party was renamed in 1946 as the Democratic Party . After the " Revolución Libertadora " (1955–1958), the military uprising which overthrew Juan Perón , the party was dissolved at a national level, with only a few regional branches remaining active, such as the Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires or the Democratic Party of Córdoba. In 2019, the party emerged again at

1085-537: Was disbanded in 1975 amidst a government crackdown. It was resurrected in 1976 under the National Democratic Party under Sherbaz Mazari but split in 1979 following disagreements amongst the left wing of the party against the leadership. A brief attempt was made to resurrect the Party by Ajmal Khattak under the name National Awami Party of Pakistan in 2000, however the party was routed in the 2002 election and much of its leadership merged back with

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1120-608: Was fomented by the then Interior Minister Abdul Qayyum Khan but without evidence to prove the statements issued. However, the final straw was the discovery of arms in the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad and Nawab Akbar Bugti's declaration of the London Plan, that alleged that NAP-led governments in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was seceding to gain independence from Pakistan. Hence, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 's government, fresh from

1155-484: Was later on alleged that the officers were incited to leave through the efforts of PPP supporters and the then Chief Minister of Punjab Ghulam Mustafa Khar . Unable to exercise any effective authority Ataullah Mengal turned to the Baloch Student Organization to assist in security. The policing crisis also gave way to a subsequent intra-tribal conflict. The Baloch nationalists declared that it

1190-484: Was lifted and greater autonomy for Pashtuns was introduced. Wali Khan left party affairs to Sher Baz Mazari after his release from jail in 1979. The party faced a split at that time between far left elements led by Khair Bakhsh Marri advocating outright separation and armed struggle and those advocating political struggle led by Sherbaz Khan Mazari. The split ended the alliance between Pashtun Nationalists and Baloch Nationalists that Wali Khan had formed in 1969 and led to

1225-527: Was then resurrected under the name National Democratic Party, from which in turn was formed the Awami National Party . The Party represented left wing views in Pakistan and its core politics was based on the disbanding of the One Unit , restoration of adult franchise (1967–1970), land reforms, protection of tenants' rights, redistribution of wealth through nationalisation, Pakistan becoming

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