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{{Politics of Pakistan}} 
[[Pakistan]] is a [[multi-party]] democracy. The country has many political parties and many times in the past the country has been ruled by a [[coalition government]].

The [[Parliament of Pakistan]] is [[bicameral]], consisting of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] and the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]].

== Brief history and overviews ==
The military-dominated Establishment has directly ruled [[Pakistan]] for nearly half of its existence since [[Partition of India|its creation in 1947]], while frequently exerting covert dominance over the political leadership during the remainder.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shah|first=Saeed|date=2019-08-19|title=Pakistan Extends Powerful Army Chief's Term|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-extends-powerful-army-chiefs-term-11566239708|access-date=2021-05-19|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5GMCwAAQBAJ&q=%22civil-military+establishment%22++pakistan&pg=PA11|title=The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0-19-023518-5|pages=586|quote=The civil-military establishment ruled Supreme for 60 years - from 1947 to 2007 - by crushing or betraying social movements and preventing the development of society.}}</ref> The Establishment in Pakistan includes the key decision-makers in the country's military and intelligence services, national security, as well as its foreign and domestic policies, including the state policies of [[Islamization in Pakistan|aggressive Islamization]] during the military dictatorship of [[General officer|General]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]. However, the military establishment later reversed its support of [[political Islam]] under General [[Pervez Musharraf]], who pursued [[enlightened moderation]] in the 2000s.

Until 1990, [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) was the only major party of Pakistan. After Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto died, Benazir Bhutto took control and they remained a strong position throughout Pakistan. In 1990, [[Nawaz Sharif]] of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (IJI) won the elections. Two major parties were in Pakistan. After IJI dissolved and Nawaz Sharif founded Pakistan Muslim League (N), PPP and PML(N) were the major two parties of Pakistan. In 1993, Peoples Party won the election again. In 1996, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was formed. In 2013, PTI took part in the elections and won 35 seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 Pakistan elections, PTI became the government and became one of the three major parties of Pakistan.

In 2020, [[Pakistan Democratic Movement]] (PDM) was formed of many parties as a [[political movement|movement]] against then [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister]] [[Imran Khan]]. Following [[No-confidence motion against Imran Khan|Imran Khan’s removal]], political unrest broke out throughout the country, and in the events leading up to the [[2024 Pakistani general election|Pakistani 2024 election]], many new parties were formed. The country’ largest party, the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], would be subject to legal issues, and an alleged crackdown and therefore was forced to register with their alliance member, the [[Sunni Ittehad Council]], which is a minor religious party.

=== Punjab ===
{{Main|Provincial Assembly of Punjab}}
[[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] is generally considered as the most important political province and has been used by major parties such as the PML(N) and PTI in the past to gain legitimacy and as a political stronghold. The Punjab provincial assembly has usually been split between the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League N]] (PML-N) and the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).

=== Sindh ===
{{Main|Provincial Assembly of Sindh}}
[[Sindh]] has been used as a political stronghold for the [[Pakistan Muslim League N]] (PML-N) [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP) and [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) since the party’s creation. The PTI, PML(N) & PPP has almost always won landslide victories in provincial elections in Sindh, and has almost always held the province’s seats. Throughout the early 2000s the PML-Q saw minor successes in Sindh, but the province quickly came under the control of the PML(N) PPP and PTI again. The PPP has been accused of bad governance by several Sindhi parties, leading to the creation of the [[Grand Democratic Alliance]] (GDA), a coalition of several anti-PPP parties, although the PML(N) PTI and PPP still holds sweeping majorities in Sindhi provincial seats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-10 |title=The pathology of military democracy: Manufacturing a government in Sindh |url=http://www.himalmag.com/2003/february/report_2.htm |access-date=2024-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110130021/http://www.himalmag.com/2003/february/report_2.htm |archive-date=10 January 2008 }}</ref>

=== Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) ===
{{Main|Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}}
[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] is full of [[Pashtun nationalism|Pashtun nationalist]] and [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]] parties favoring Afghan tribalism, such as the [[Awami National Party|ANP]] and [[Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party|PMAP]]. The region has also been full of religious parties, like the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|JUI-F]] especially throughout the north western areas near Afghanistan. There are several political parties in KPK, and most of them favor [[Pashtun nationalism]] with [[Feudalism|feudal]] aspects, but ever since [[Imran Khan]]’s entrance into politics, the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] has almost always won landslide election victories in the province and has KPK as a political stronghold and base of power.

=== Balochistan ===
{{Main|Provincial Assembly of Balochistan}}
The province of [[Balochistan, Pakistan]] is full of [[Baloch nationalism|Baloch nationalist]] parties, with some demanding autonomy for Balochistan, and some extreme groups demanding secession from [[Pakistan]]. Most parties from Balochistan follow the same pattern as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, high levels of [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalism]] and [[ethnic nationalism]], with most ethnic nationalists being [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]], as well as [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] religious groups usually gaining victories near the Afghan border. Balochistan is the only province in which no party regularly gains a clear majority, and the provincial assembly is usually split between Baloch nationalist parties.<ref>''Baloch Nationalism: Its Origin and Development'', Taj Mohammad Breseeg, 2004</ref>

=== Gilgit-Baltistan ===
{{main|Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly}}
The Pakistan Peoples Party won the first [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] elections and was the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with 20 seats out of 33. However, in 2015, Pakistan Muslim League (N) won 15 seats and became the major party of Gilgit-Baltistan and PPP only received one seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. However, in the 2020 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 16 seats and became the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with PPP winning 3 and PML(N) winning two seats.

== Members of the Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;" |Party
!Abrr.
!Flag
!Founded
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Political<br />position
! colspan="2" |Central leader
!Ideology
! data-sort-type="number" |[[National Assembly of Pakistan|National<br />Assembly]]{{refn|group=lower-alpha|The [[List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan|current national assembly]] in Pakistan is under severe allegations of [[Electoral fraud|rigging]], fraud and electoral misconduct to learn more see [[Allegations of rigging in the 2024 Pakistani general election]]}} 
![[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)}}}}<br /><small>''Pākistān Muslam Lig (Nūn)''</small>
|PMLN
|[[File:PMLN 2021 Flag.png|100px]]
| align="center" |1993
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[File:Nawaz Sharif in Iran 2016 (cropped).jpg|85x85px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Conservative liberalism]]<br/> [[Conservatism]] <br/> [[Conservatism in Pakistan|Pakistani Conservatism]] </div>
||{{Composition bar|124|336|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|20|96|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |
|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف}}}}<br /><small>Pakistan Movement for Justice</small>
|PTI
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1996
|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chughtai-11 Hussain-2 |first=Alia-1 Abid-2 |date=3 February 2024 |title=Pakistan elections 2024: Which are the major political parties? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/3/pakistan-elections-2024-here-are-the-major-political-parties |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206181324/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/3/pakistan-elections-2024-here-are-the-major-political-parties |archive-date=6 February 2024 |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> to [[centre-right]]
|[[Gohar Ali Khan]]
|[[File:Gohar Ali Khan July 2024.jpg|85x85px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Islamic Democracy]] <br/> [[Welfarism]] <br/> [[Civic nationalism]] <br/> [[Anti-corruption]] </div>
||{{Composition bar|78|336|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|25|96|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |
|[[Pakistan People’s Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''Pākistān Pīplz Pārṭī''</small>
|PPP
|[[File:Flagge der Pakistanischen Volkspartei.svg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1967
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]]
|[[File:Bilawal Bhutto Zardari - 2012 (7268800476) (cropped).jpg|85x85px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Progressivism]] <br />[[Social democracy]] <br /> [[Left-wing politics]]</div> 
|{{Composition bar|73|336|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|26|96|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Muttahida Qaumi Movement}}" |
|[[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان}}}}<br /><small>''Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ Pākistān''</small><br /><small>United National Movement-Pakistan</small>
|MQM-P
|[[File:Flag of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |2016
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui]]
|[[File:Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Muhajir nationalism]] <br/>[[Secularism]] <br />[[Social liberalism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|23|336|{{party color|Muttahida Qaumi Movement}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|3|96|{{party color|Muttahida Qaumi Movement}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}" |
|[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]]{{Efn|Officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan<ref name=":ECPList"/>|name=JUI-F}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)}}}}<br /><small>Assembly of Islamic Clerics</small>
|JUI-F
|[[File:Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1980
|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953)|Fazl-ur-Rahman]]
|[[File:Fazl-ur-Rehman (30287690872) (cropped).jpg|90x90px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Islamic fundamentalism]] <br /> [[Deobandism]]<br />[[Islamism]] </div>
|{{Composition bar|8|336|Black|}}
|{{Composition bar|5|96|Black|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]{{Efn|Officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Pakistan Muslim League<ref name=":ECPList"/>|name=PML-Q}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)}}}}<br /><small>''Pākistān Mislam Lig (Q)''</small>
|PML(Q)
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |2002
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|[[Shujaat Hussain]]
|[[File:Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.png|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;"> [[Conservatism in Pakistan|Pakistani Conservatism]] <br />[[Pakistani nationalism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|6|336|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|1|96|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Awami National Party}}" |
|[[Awami National Party]]<br />{{lang|ps|{{nq|عوامي نېشنل ګوند}}}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی نيشنل پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''ʿAwāmī Nīšonal Pārṭī''<br />People's National Party</small>
|ANP
|[[File:Awami National Party flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1986
|[[Center-left politics|Center-left]]<ref name=":0" /><br />to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]
|[[Aimal Wali Khan]]
|[[File:Aimal wali khan.jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Pashtun nationalism]] <br />[[Socialism]] <br />[[Secularism]]</div>
|{{sdash}}
|{{Composition bar|3|96|{{party color|Awami National Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: #2e4e4d|
| [[Sunni Ittehad Council]]<br />{{lang|pnb|{{nq|سنی اتحاد کونسل}}}}<br /><small>Sunni Unity Council</small>
|SIC
| [[File:Sunni Ittehad Council Flag.png|100px]]
|align=center|2009
| [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
| [[Sahibzada Hamid Raza]]<ref name=":ECPList" />
| [[File:Sahibzada Hamid Raza.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;"> [[Sunni Islam]]  <br />[[Barelvi movement|Barelvi faith]]  <br />[[Religion in politics|Religious politics]]</div>
|{{sdash}}
|{{sdash}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party}}" |
|[[Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party]]<br />{{Lang|ps|{{nq|پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند}}}}<br />{{Lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی}}}}
<small>Pakhtunkhwa National People's Party</small>
|PkMAP
|[[File:Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1989
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name=":0" /> to [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Mahmood Khan Achakzai]]
|[[File:Mehmood khan Achakzai (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Pashtun nationalism]] <br />[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]] <br />[[Left-wing nationalism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party}}|}}
|{{sdash}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (Pakistan)}}" |
|[[National Party (Pakistan)|National Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نيشنل پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''Nīšonal Pārṭī''</small>
|NP
|[[File:National Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2003
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
|[[Abdul Malik Baloch]]
|[[File:Abdul malik baloch (cropped).jpeg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Baloch nationalism]] <br />[[Civic nationalism]] <br />[[Social liberalism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|National Party (Pakistan)}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|1|96|{{party color|National Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Balochistan National Party (Mengal)}}" |
|[[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)|Balochistan National Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''Balōčistān Nīšonal Pārṭī''</small>
|BNP
|[[File:Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1996
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Akhtar Mengal]]
|[[File:Sardar Akhtar Mengal (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;"> [[Baloch nationalism]] <br />[[Secularism]] <br />[[Left-wing populism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|1|96|yellow}}
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Balochistan Awami Party}}" |
|[[Balochistan Awami Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''Balōčistān Awāmī Pārṭī''</small><br /><small>Balochistan People's Party</small>
|BAP
|[[File:Balochistan Awami Party Flag-.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2018
|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Khalid Hussain Magsi]]
|
|  <div style="text-align: center;">[[Progressivism]] <br />[[Federalism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Balochistan Awami Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|96|{{party color|Balochistan Awami Party}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Grand Democratic Alliance}}" |
|[[Grand Democratic Alliance]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد}}}}<br /><small>''Grānd Jumhuuri Ittehaad''</small>
|GDA
|[[File:Flag of the Grand Democratic Alliance.svg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2018
|[[Big tent]]
|[[Pir of Pagaro VIII]]
|[[File:Pir of Pagaro VIII.png|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]] <br />Anti-[[Pakistan People’s Party|PPP]] <br />[[Good governance]] <br />[[Big tent]] [[political alliance]]</div>
|{{sdash}}
|{{sdash}}
|-
! style="background-color: #228B22 " |
|[[Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|استحکامِ پاکستان}}}} <br /><small>Pakistan Stability Party</small>
|IPP
|[[File:Istekham-e-Pakistan Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2023
|[[Radical centrism|Radical centre]]
|[[Aleem Khan (politician)|Aleem Khan]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Populism]]</div>
|{{composition bar|6|336|{{party color|Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|3|96|{{party color|Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party}}}}
|-
!style="background-color: #0a9a51" |
|[[Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen ]]<br />مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین <br /><small>Muslim Unity Assembly</small>
|MWM
|[[File:Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2009
| [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Right wing politics|Right-wing]]{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Officially the MWM states that it is politically aligned with the [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf|PTI]] at the Centre, but the party has also been considered as Right-wing due to its emphasis on religious values.}}<ref>The Islamic Politics For Future, The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan), (2016), p. 25</ref>
| [[Raja Nasir Abbas]]
| [[File:Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri.jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Islamic democracy]] <br/>[[Shia–Sunni relations|Shia-Sunni unity]] <br/>[[Islamic socialism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|96|{{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}" |
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Z)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)}}}}
|PML (Z)
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
|align=center|2002
| [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]
| [[Ijaz-ul-Haq]]
| [[File:OmarHumanDevelopmentCharityDinner (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Ziaism]]  <br />[[Islamism]]</div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}}
|{{sdash}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آزاد اراکین}}}}
|IND
| colspan="6" |<div style="text-align: center;"> N/A </div>
|{{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|96|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}

|}

== Mainstream political parties ==

=== Pakistan Muslim League (N) ===
[[File:Nawaz Sharif in Iran 01.jpg|thumb|183x183px|[[Nawaz Sharif]], PMLN head and founder.]]
[[File:PMLN_2021_Flag.png|border|left|130x130px]]
The [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz]] is a [[Conservatism in Pakistan|Pakistani conservative]] political party that was founded in 1993 by senior politician, [[Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name=":1">Col Y Udaya Chandar (Retd), ed. (2018). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pwxFDwAAQBAJ&dq=Conservative+Pakistan+Muslim+League+%28N%29&pg=PT26 ''Independent India s All the Seven Wars''.] [[Notion Press]]. {{ISBN|9781948473224}}. <q>... Over the next decade, she alternated power with the conservative Pakistan Muslim League-N(PML(N)) led by Nawaz Sharif, as the country's political and economic situation deteriorated. ...</q></ref> The party was founded as an offshoot of the [[Pakistan Muslim League]], but is now its largest faction. It is currently still led by its founder Nawaz Sharif and is ideologically conservative as well as shares similarities with Nawaz's previous party, the [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]].<ref name=":1" /> It saw rapid growth under Nawaz Sharif in the 1990s as it entered a [[two-party system]] with the Pakistan People's Party.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2008-02-21 |title=Breeze of two-party system starts blowing |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/290273/breeze-of-two-party-system-starts-blowing |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=dawn.com |language=en}}</ref>  It is also advocates for [[Privatization|economic privatization]], as Nawaz himself was a business owner. The party follows a free market [[Capitalism|capitalist]] and [[Economic liberalization|economically liberalist]] approach.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=The main political parties |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/5/6/explainer-pakistans-main-political-parties |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> It has developed a somewhat ideology around its leader Nawaz Sharif and has been led by members of the [[Sharif family]]. It has been [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] for most of its existence but has shifted to a [[Centre-right politics|center-right]] position in recent years. It holds is base of power in [[Sindh, Pakistan|Sindh]], more specifically [[Karachi]] and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], more specifically [[Lahore]] and has had 3 different [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime ministers]] including Nawaz himself who served for the longest non-consecutive time (9 years). The prime ministers from the PML-N include [[Nawaz Sharif]] (3 terms), [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] (1 term) and Nawaz's younger brother, [[Shehbaz Sharif]] (2 terms), who is serving right now.

=== Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ===
[[File:Flag_of_the_Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg|border|left|129x129px]]
[[File:Imran Khan in June 2023.jpg|thumb|200x200px|[[Imran Khan]], PTI founder and its first chairman.]]The [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] is a political party founded in 1996 by [[cricket]]er-turned-politician, [[Imran Khan]]. The party was founded on the premise of bringing change to Pakistan and to bring a new face to Pakistani politics, as when the party was founded the PPP and PML-N ruled Pakistan in a ''de-facto'' [[Two-party system|two party system]].<ref name=":2" /> It advocates for [[welfarism]] and has promoted turning Pakistan into a modern [[welfare state]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-25 |title=PTI foundation day: PM recalls mission to make country a welfare state |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2206811/pti-foundation-day-pm-recalls-mission-make-country-welfare-state |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> It has often seen [[populism]] around Imran Khan, a former cricket star. It launched a large-scale [[anti-corruption]] campaign across Pakistan in the 2000s and 2010s which led to its victory in the [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-07 |title=PTI fighting against corrupt mafia: Imran |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1452958/pti-fighting-corrupt-mafia-imran |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> It holds its base of power in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] but also holds significant popularity and influence across western [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], where Imran Khan is from. It has been widely seen as an [[anti-establishment]] party since 2022 as it clashed with [[The Establishment (Pakistan)|Pakistan's military establishment]]. It was founded as a [[Centrism|centrist]] party, though in 2024, some sources indicated that the party had shifted [[Centre-right politics|center-right]] due to its pro-[[Islam|islamic unity]] teachings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Alia Chughtai,Abid |title=Pakistan election 2024: Which are the major political parties? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/3/pakistan-elections-2024-here-are-the-major-political-parties |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Besides this it has advocated for [[rule of law]] and [[constitutionalism]] as part of its political alliance, the [[Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin]]. Despite being the largest political party in Pakistan in terms of membership, and in the top 10 largest parties worldwide, it has only had one prime minister, being [[Imran Khan]] himself who served for one term.

=== Pakistan People’s Party ===
[[File:Flagge_der_Pakistanischen_Volkspartei.svg|border|left|frameless|130x130px]]
[[File:Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with father Asif Ali.jpg|thumb|[[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]] and [[Asif Ali Zardari]], current PPP heads as well as the grandson of [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] and husband of [[Benazir Bhutto]].]]The [[Pakistan People's Party]] is a political party founded in 1967 by statesman, barrister and senior politician, [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]. It is by far the oldest out of the top ruling parties in Pakistan and was the first Pakistani political party to lay out a manifesto and ideology.<ref name="Paracha">{{Cite web |last=Paracha |first=Nadeem F. |date=2016-12-01 |title=49 years of the PPP: A visual journey |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1299714 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=dawn.com |language=en}}</ref> It was founded on the premise of [[Socialism in Pakistan|socialism]] and to struggle against the military rule of Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan]] (1958-1969). It has also been characterized as Pakistan's first democratic party<ref name="Paracha" /> and has been [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] for most of its existence with its founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being a [[Left-wing populism|left-wing populist]], though in the 21st century it has shifted to a [[Centre-left politics|center-left]] position. Zulfikar ruled Pakistan from 1971 until 1977, when he was overthrown and later hanged in 1979. The party has been widely seen as a [[Political family|dynastic political family]] party as it has seen its leadership pass down through the [[Bhutto family]], which has seen a devoted [[cult of personality]]. After Zulfikar's death the party abandoned its socialist ideology and instead shifted to [[progressivism]] under Zulfikar's daughter, [[Benazir Bhutto]]. Benazir would be assassinated in 2007 and since then the party has been controlled by her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]] as well as her son, [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]]. The party has been rivals with the PML-N for most of its existence but has joined hands with the PML-N against the PTI. Its main base of power is [[Sindh]]. The PPP is led by the [[Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party|Central Executive Committee]] and has seen 4 different prime ministers including: [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] (1973-1977), [[Benazir Bhutto]] (1988-1990, 1993-1996), [[Yusuf Raza Gilani|Yusuf Raza Gillani]] (2008-2012) and [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]] (2012-2013).

== Provincial Assembly members ==
This is the list of parties that are currently represented in any of the 5 [[List of provincial assemblies of Pakistan|Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan]], which includes, the Provincial assembly in [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]], [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]], [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly]] 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;" |Party
!Abrr.
!Flag
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly|Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |
|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف}}}}
<small>Pakistan Movement for Justice</small>
|PTI
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg|100x100px]]

| {{Composition bar|5|168|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}}}
| {{Composition bar|104|371|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|57|145|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf }}}}
|{{Composition bar|21|33|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)}}}}
|PMLN
|[[File:PMLN 2021 Flag.png|100x100px]]

| {{Composition bar|10|371|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}}} 
| {{Composition bar|203|371|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|17| 65|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|9|145|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|3|33|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |
|[[Pakistan People’s Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی}}}}
|PPP
|[[File:Flagge der Pakistanischen Volkspartei.svg|100x100px]]
| {{Composition bar|120|168|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|17|371|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|17| 65|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|5|145|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|5|33|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}" |
|[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف)}}}}}
<small>Assembly of Islamic Clerics (F)</small>
|JUI (F)
|[[File:Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|14| 65|{{party color| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|9|145|{{party color| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|1|33|{{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan}}" |
|[[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان}}}}
<small>United National Movement - Pakistan</small>
|MQM-P
|[[File:Flag of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.svg|100x100px]]
| {{Composition bar|43|168|{{party color| Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Awami National Party}}" |
|[[Awami National Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی نيشنل پارٹی}}}}
<small>People's National Party</small>
|ANP
|[[File:Awami National Party flag.svg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|3|65|{{party color|Awami National Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2|145|{{party color|Awami National Party}}}}
| {{n/a}}
|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)}}}}
|PML(Q)
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|10|371|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
!style="background-color: #228B22 | 
|[[Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|استحکامِ پاکستان}}}}
<small>Pakistan Stability Party</small>
|IPP
|[[File:Istekham-e-Pakistan Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{composition bar|8|371|{{party color|Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Balochistan National Party (Mengal)}}" |
|[[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)|Balochistan National Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی}}}}
|BNP
|[[File:Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|1|65|{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Mengal)}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Balochistan Awami Party}}" |
|[[Balochistan Awami Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی}}}}
<small>Balochistan People's Party</small>
|BAP
|[[File:Balochistan Awami Party Flag-.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| | {{Composition bar|5|65|{{party color|Balochistan Awami Party}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|National Party (Pakistan)}}" |
|[[National Party (Pakistan)|National Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نيشنل پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>''Nīšonal Pārṭī''</small>
|NP
|[[File:National Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{composition bar|4|65|{{party color|National Party (Pakistan)}}|}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}} " |
|[[Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|مجلس وحدت مسلمین}}}}
<small>Muslim Unity Assembly</small>
|MWM
|[[File:Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|1|371|{{party color| Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|1|33|{{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}}|}}
|-
|colspan=9 align="center" bgcolor="grey"|<span style="color:white;">'''Parties that are unrepresented in the Parliament and are only represented through Provincial assemblies'''</span>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Grand Democratic Alliance}}" |
|[[Grand Democratic Alliance]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد}}}}
|GDA
|[[File:Flag of the Grand Democratic Alliance.svg|100x100px]]
|  {{Composition bar|3|168|{{party color|Grand Democratic Alliance}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians}}" |
|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians]]
{{lang|ur|{{nq| پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف پارلیمنٹرینز}}}}

<small>Pakistan Movement for Justice Parliamentarians</small>
|PTI-P
|[[File:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parlimentarians Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{composition bar|4|145|{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians}}}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan}}" |
|[[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جماعتِ اسلامی}}}}<br /><small>Islamic Party</small>
|JIP
|[[File:Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Flag.svg|100x100px]]
|{{Composition bar|1|168|{{party color| Jamaat-e-Islami}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|1|65|{{party color| Jamaat-e-Islami}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan}}" |
|[[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|تحریک لبیک پاکستان}}}}
<small>Here-I-Am Movement Pakistan</small>
|TLP
|[[File:TLP's party flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|3|371|{{party color|Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan)}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}" |
|[[Balochistan National Party (Awami)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (عوامی)}}}}
<small>Balochistan National Party (People's)</small>
|BNP-A
|[[File:Balochistan National Party (Awami) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{Composition bar|1|65|{{party color| Balochistan National Party (Awami)}} |}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color: #0042d6" |
|[[Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan]]
<small>Give Rights Movement Balochistan</small>
|HDTB
|
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{composition bar|1|65|hex=#0042d6}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Balawaristan National Front}}" |
|[[Balawaristan National Front (Naji)|Balawaristan National Front]]{{Efn|Although, represented by BNF's Leader [[Nawaz Khan Naji]] as [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gba.gov.pk/members-page/?id=88|title=Nawaz Khan|website=[[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly]] (gba.gov.pk)|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> but technically may be considered as BNF's representation.}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ}}}}<br />''<small>Balāwaristān Naishanal Franṭ</small>''
|BNF
|[[File:Flag of Balawaristan.svg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|1|33|{{party color|Balawaristan National Front}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Tehreek Pakistan}}" |
|[[Islami Tehreek Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|اسلامی تحریک پاکستان}}}}
<small>Islamic Movement Pakistan</small>
|ITP
|[[File:Tjp flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|1|33|{{party color|Islami Tehreek Pakistan}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آزاد اراکین}}}}
|IND
|{{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|1|371|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|1|145|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|33|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}

|}

== Unrepresented parties ==
This is the list of registered parties that are currently unrepresented in [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]] and any of the [[List of provincial assemblies of Pakistan|provincial assemblies of Pakistan]] since [[2024 Pakistani general election|2024]].<ref name=":ECPList">{{Cite web |date=23 January 2024 |title=List of Enlisted Political Parties |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/(166%20)%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2023-1-2024.pdf|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20240129135050/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/%28166%20%29%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2023-1-2024.pdf |archive-date=29 January 2024 |access-date=29 January 2024|website=www.ecp.gov.pk |publisher=[[Election Commission of Pakistan]]}}</ref>
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;" |Party
!Abrr.
!Flag
!Founded
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Political position
! colspan="2" |Leader
! Core ideology
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek}}" |
| [[Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|الله اکبر تحریک}}}}
<small>God is Great Movement</small>
|AAT
| [[File:Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek Flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |
|
|Muhammad Aslam Rabbani<ref name=":List" />
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Islamism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Awaam Pakistan}}" |
|[[Awaam Pakistan]] <br /> {{lang|ur|{{nq|عوام پاکستان}}}}
<small>People Pakistan</small>
|AP
| [[File:Flag of Awaam Pakistan.svg|100px]]
|align=center|2024
|[[Big tent]]
|[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|[[File:Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Civic nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" |
|[[Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان}}}}<br /><small>''Awāmī Musallam League Pākistān''</small>
<small>People's Muslim League</small>
|AML
|[[File:Awami Muslim League Pakistan flag.png|100px]]
| align="center" |2008
|[[Centrism]]
|[[Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad]]
|[[File:Rashid Ahmed.jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Mass politics]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: #C50500" |
| [[Awami Tahreek]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی تحریک}}}}
<small>People's Movement</small>
|QAT
| [[File:Awami Tehreek (Sindh) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1970
| [[Left-wing politics]] to [[Far-left politics]]
|Wasand Thari<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Dawn |date=2025-04-19 |title=Lawyers start indefinite dharna in Khairpur against canals project |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1905157 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Awami Workers Party}}" |
| [[Awami Workers Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی ورکرز پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>People's Workers Party</small>
|AWP
|[[File:Flag of Awami Workers Party.png|100px]]
|align=center|2012
| [[Left-wing politics]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[Akhtar Hussain (lawyer)|Akhtar Hussain]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Worker's rights]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: gold" |
| [[Barabri Party Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|برابری پارٹی پاکستان}}}}
<small>Equality Party Pakistan</small>
|BPP
|[[File:Flag of Barabri Party Pakistan.svg|100px]]
|align=center|2018
| [[Left-wing politics]]
| [[Jawad Ahmad]]
| [[File:Jawad Ahmed (cropped).JPG|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Social equality]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Haqooq-e-Khalq Party}} " |
|[[Haqooq-e-Khalq Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|حقوقِ خلق پارٹی پاکستان}}}}
<small>Rights of the People Party</small>
|HKP
|
| align="center" |2022
|[[Left-wing politics]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Ammar Ali Jan]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Socialism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Hazara Democratic Party}}" |
|[[Hazara Democratic Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی}}}}
|HDP
|[[File:Hazara Democratic Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2003
|[[Centre-left politics]]
|[[Abdul Khaliq Hazara (politician)|Abdul Khaliq Hazara]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Hazaras|Hazara]] [[Political representation]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamhoori Wattan Party}}" |
|[[Jamhoori Wattan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمہوری وطن پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>Republican Nation Party</small>
|JWP
|[[File:Flag of Jamhoori Wattan Party.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1990
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-29 |title=Opinion; October 29, 2007 |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1070601 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207120840/https://www.dawn.com/news/1070601 |archive-date=2024-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=dawn.com |language=en}}</ref> to [[Left-wing politics]]
|[[Shahzain Bugti]]
|
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Baloch nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ahle Hadith}}" |
|[[Jamiat Ahle Hadith]]{{Efn|Officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith Pakistan<ref name=":ECPList"/>}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمیعت اہلِ حدیث}}}}<br />{{Lang|ar|{{nq|المركزى جمعية اهلحديث الباكستان}}}}
<small>Assembly of People of Hadith</small>
|JAH
|[[File:Jamiat Ahle Hadith Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1986
|[[Far-right politics|Far-right]]
|[[Hafiz Abdul Kareem]]
|
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Ahl-i Hadith]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan}}" |
| [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]] (Imam Noorani)<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمعیت علماء پاکستان (امام نورانی)}}}}
<small>Assembly (of) Clerics of Pakistan (Imam Noorani)</small>
|JUP-IN
|
| align="center" |1948
| [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
|[[Shah Owais Noorani]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-21|title=PM Imran Khan will have to resign: Shah Owais Noorani|language=en-US|work=[[SAMAA TV]]|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/10/pm-imran-khan-will-have-to-resign-shah-owais-noorani/|access-date=2021-06-01}}</ref>
|[[File:Shah Owais Noorani (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Religion and politics]] (specifically [[Political aspects of Islam]])</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan}}" |
| [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]] (Noorani)<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمعیت علماء پاکستان (نورانی)}}}}
<small>Assembly (of) Clerics of Pakistan (Noorani)</small>
|JUP-N
|
| align="center" |1948
|
|[[Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair]]<ref name=":List" />
|
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Religion and politics]] (specifically [[Political aspects of Islam]])</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)}}" |
| [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمعیت علمائے اسلام (س)}}}}
<small>Assembly (of) Clerics of Islam (S)</small>
|JUI-S
|[[File:Flag of JUI.svg|100px]]
|align=center|1980
| [[Far-right politics]]
| Abdul Haq Thani<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/18-Mar-2025/maulana-abdul-haq-thani-elected-central-ameer-of-jui-s|title=Maulana Abdul Haq Thani elected central Ameer of JUI-S|date=18 March 2025|work=The Nation (newspaper)}}</ref>
| 
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Deobandi movement]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamote Qaumi Movement}}" |
| [[Jamote Qaumi Movement]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جاموٹ قومی موومنٹ}}}}
<small>Jamote People's Movement</small>
|JQM
|[[File:Jamote Qaumi Movement Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
|align=center|1996
| 
| [[Mir Abdul Majid Abro]]
| 
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Jamote People|Jamote]] [[nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi)}}" |
| [[Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|مہاجر قومی موومنٹ حقیقی}}}}
<small>[[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]] People's Movement - True</small>
|MQM-H
| [[File:Flag of MQM-Haqiqi.png|100px]]
| align="center" |1992
| [[Center-left politics]]
|[[Afaq Ahmed]]
| [[File:Afaq Ahmed.png|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Muhajir nationalism]]<br>[[Pakistani nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: blue" |
| [[Mustaqbil Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|مستقبل پاکستان}}}}
<small>Future Pakistan</small>
|MP
| [[File:New Flag.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" |2010
|
| Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi<ref>{{cite news|date=2014-05-25|title=Mustaqbil Pakistan: New party boasts of a 'professional cadre'|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/236235/mustaqbil-pakistan-new-party-boasts-of-a-professional-cadre/}}</ref>
| [[File:Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Reformism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[National Democratic Movement (Pakistan)|National Democratic Movement]]<br />{{lang|ps|{{nq|ملي جمهوري غورځنګ}}}}<br /><small>''Millī Jumhūrī Ghōrźang''</small><br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|قومی جمہوری تحریک}}}}
|NDM
|[[File:NDM Flag.png|100px]]
| align="center" |2021
|[[Centre-left politics]]
|[[Mohsin Dawar]]
|[[File:Mohsin Dawar.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Pashtun nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: #0087bd" |
| [[National Democratic Party (Balochistan, Pakistan)|National Democratic Party]]
{{lang|ur|{{nq|نیشنل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی}}}}
|NDP
|[[File:Flag of Dagestan lighter colours.svg|100px]] 
| align="center" |2018
|
|{{sdash}}
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Awami Tehreek}}" |
| [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان عوامی تحريک}}}}<br /><small>Pakistan People's Movement</small>
|PAT
|[[File:Bandera-pat-pakistan.png|100px]]
|align=center|1989
| [[Centrism]]<br />'''Fiscal''': [[Centre-left politics]]<br />'''Social''': [[Centre-right politics]]
| [[Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri]]
| [[File:Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Moderate Islam]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: green" |
| [[Pakistan Falah Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان فلاح پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>Pakistan People's Movement</small>
|PFP
|[[File:Pakistan Falah Party Flag.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2011
| 
| 
| 
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (J)}}" |
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (J)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ج)}}}}
|PML-J
| [[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
|align=center|1988
| 
| Muhammad Iqbal Dar<ref name=":List"/>
| 
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Pakistani nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)}}" |
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (شہید بھٹو)}}}}<br />{{lang|sd|{{nq|پيپلزپارٽي شهيدڀٽو}}}}
<small>Pakistan Peoples Party (Martyr Bhutto)</small>
|PPP-S
| [[File:Flag of PPP-SB.svg|100px]]
|align=center|1997
| [[Left-wing politics]]
| [[Ghinwa Bhutto]]
| 
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Bhuttoism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party Workers]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ورکرز}}}}
|PPP-W
| [[File:Flagge der Pakistanischen Volkspartei.svg|100x100px]]
|align=center|2014
| [[Centre-left politics]]
| [[Safdar Ali Abbasi]]
| 
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Social democracy]]</div>
|-
!style="background-color: #026d3f" |
|[[Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party]]<br />{{nq| پاکستان راہِ حق پارٹیي}}
<small>Pakistan Path of Truth Party</small>
|PRHP
| [[File:Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" | 2012
| [[Far-right]]
|[[Ibrahim Khan Qasmi]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Islamic fundamentalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Sunni Tehreek}}" |
| [[Pakistan Sunni Tehreek]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان سنی تحریک}}}}
<small>Pakistan Sunni Movement</small>
|PST
|
| align="center" |1990
| [[Far-right politics]]
|Sarwat Ejaz Qadri
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Barelvi movement|Barelvi]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunnism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq| پاکستان تحریک انصاف نظریاتی}}}}
<small>Pakistan Movement for Justice Ideological</small>
|PTI-N
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2012
|
|[[Akhtar Iqbal Dar]]
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pasban Pakistan}}" |
| [[Pasban-e-Pakistan]]{{Efn|Officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Pasban Democratic Party<ref name=":ECPList"/>}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاسبان پاکستان}}}}<br /><small>Guardians of Pakistan</small>
|PP
|[[File:Pasban-e-Pakistan Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2015
| [[Single-issue politics]]
| [[Altaf Shakoor]]
| [[File:Altaf shakoor.jpg|60px]]
| <div style="text-align: center;">[[Social justice]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: #dc143c" |
|[[Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq| پشتونخوا نیشنل عوامی پارٹی}}}}
<small>Pashtunkhwa National People's Party</small>
|PKNAP
|[[File:Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2022
|[[Left-wing politics]]
|[[Khushal Khan Kakar]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Pashtun nationalism]] <br />[[Egalitarianism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: #C50500" |
| [[Qaumi Awami Tahreek]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|قومی عوامی تحریک}}}}
<small>National People's Movement</small>
|QAT
| [[File:Awami Tehreek (Sindh) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1970
| [[Left-wing politics]] to [[Far-left politics]]
|[[Ayaz Latif Palijo]]<ref name=":List" />
| [[File:Ayaz Latif Paleejo Advocate.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Left-wing nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Qaumi Watan Party}}" |
| [[Qaumi Watan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|قومی وطن پارٹی}}}}<br />{{lang|ps|{{nq|قومي وطن ګوند}}|}}
<small>National Homeland Party</small>
|QWP
| [[File:Flag of Afghanistan (1929).svg|100px]]
| align="center" |2012
| [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| [[Aftab Ahmad Sherpao]]
| [[File:Aftab Ahmad Sherpao.jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Pashtun]] [[neo-nationalism]]</div>
|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam}}" |
|[[Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|رابطہ جمعیت علمائے اسلام}}}}
<small>Associated Assembly (of) Clerics of Islam</small>
|RJUI
|[[File:Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |2020
|[[Far-right politics]]
|[[Muhammad Khan Sherani]]
|[[File:Muhammad Khan Sherani (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Deobandi]] [[Clericalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sindh United Party}}" |
| [[Sindh United Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|سندھ یونائیٹڈ پارٹی}}}}<br />{{lang|sd|{{nq|سنڌ يونائيٽڊ پارٽي}}}}
|SUP
| [[File:سنڌ يونائيٽڊ پارٽي جو جهنڊو.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |2006
|
| [[Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah]]
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Sindhi nationalism]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: #26619c" |
| [[Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan]]
{{lang|ur|{{nq|تبدیلی پسند پارٹی پاکستان}}}}

<small>Reformist Party (of) Pakistan</small>
|TPPP
|
| align="center" |2012
|
|[[Ali Kazi]]<ref>{{cite news|title='Tabdeeli Pasands' of Sindh to launch|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-88439-Tabdeeli-Pasands-of-Sindh-to-launch|access-date=5 September 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)|date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>
|
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Good governance]]</div>
|}

== Dissolved parties ==
{{further|Category:Defunct political parties in Pakistan}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;" |Party
!Abrr.
!Flag
!Founded
!Dissolved
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Political<br />position
! colspan="2" |Founder/Leader(s)
|-
! style="background-color: #007f66" |
|[[All Pakistan Awami Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آل پاکستان عوامی مسلم لیگ}}}}<br />{{lang|bn|নিখিল পাকিস্তান আওয়ামী মুসলিম লীগ}}
<small>All Pakistan People's Muslim League</small>
|APAML
|[[File:First Flag of Bangladesh Awami League (1947-1971).svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1950
| align="center" |1971
|
|[[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]
|[[File:Suhrawardy of Bengal.jpg|60px]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|All Pakistan Muslim League}}" |
| [[All Pakistan Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آل پاکستان مسلم لیگ}}}}
|APML
|[[File:All Pakistan Muslim League flag (upscaled).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2010
|align=center|2023<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1118957-musharraf-s-apml-doesn-t-exist-any-more-ecp|title=Musharraf’s APML doesn’t exist any more: ECP|date=14 October 2023|work=[[The News International]]}}</ref>
| [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| [[Pervez Musharraf]]
|[[File:Pervez Musharraf 2008 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #006400" |
|[[Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی جمهوری اتحاد}}}}
<small>People's Democratic Alliance Pakistan</small>
|AJIP
|[[File:Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2012
| align="center" |2015
|
|[[Liaqat Khan Tarakai]]
|[[File:Liaqat Khan 1 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: yellow" |
| [[Awami Raj Party]]{{Efn|It was officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Pakistan Awami Raj<ref name=":List">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=List of Enlisted Political Parties |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/updated%20(175%20)%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2021-12-2023.pdf|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20231221201951/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/updated%20(175%20)%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2021-12-2023.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2023 |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=www.ecp.gov.pk |publisher=[[Election Commission of Pakistan]]}}</ref>}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|عوامی راج پارٹی}}}}
<small>People's Rule Party</small>
|ARJ
| [[File:Pakistan Awami Raj Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align=center|
| align="center" |2023
|
| [[Jamshed Dasti]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: #dc143c" |
|[[Azad Pakistan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آزاد پاکستان پارٹی}}}}
<small>Free Pakistan Party</small>
|APP
|
| align="center" |1949
| align="center" |1957
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Mian Iftikharuddin]]
|[[File:Mian Iftikharuddin.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #880808" |
|[[Combined Opposition Parties]]<br/> {{lang|sd|{{nq| اپوزیشن جماعتوں کی مشترکہ}}}}
|COP
|
| align="center" |1965
| align="center" |1965
|[[Big tent]]
|[[Fatima Jinnah]]
|[[File:Fatima jinnah1.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|کمیونسٹ مزدور کسان پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>Communist Workers and Farmers Party</small>
|CMKP
| [[File:Flag of CMKP.svg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1995
| align="center" |2015
|[[Far-left]]
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Convention Muslim League}}" |
|[[Convention Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|کنونشن مسلم لیگ}}}}
|ML-C
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1962
| align="center" |1970s
|
|[[Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman]]<ref name="Pakistan Today">{{cite news|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/06/23/from-all-india-muslim-league-to-pakistan-muslim-league/|title=From All India Muslim League to Pakistan Muslim League|date=23 June 2021|work=[[Pakistan Today]]}}</ref>
|[[File:Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman.JPG|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}" |
|[[Council Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|کونسل مسلم لیگ}}}}
|ML-Co
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1962
| align="center" |1970s
|
|[[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]<ref name="Pakistan Today" />
|[[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: blue" |
|[[Ganatantri Dal]]<br />{{lang|bn|গণতন্ত্রী দল}}
<small>Democratic Party</small>
|GD
|[[File:Flag red blue 5x3.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1953
| align="center" |1957
|
|[[Mahmud Ali (statesman)|Mahmud Ali]] <br />[[Haji Mohammad Danesh]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Islami Jamhoori Ittehad}}" |
|[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|اسلامی جمہوری اتحاد}}}}<br /><small>Islamic Democratic Alliance</small>
|IJI
|[[File:Islami Jamhoori Ittehad Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1988
| align="center" |1990
|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[File:Nawaz Sharif detail, 981203-D-9880W-117.jpg|60px]]
|- 
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam}}" |
| [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمعیت علمائے اسلام (نظریاتی)}}}}
<small>Assembly of Islamic Clerics (Ideological)</small>
|JUI-N
|[[File:JUI-Flag1.jpeg|100px]]
| align="center" |2007
| align="center" |2016
|
| [[Maulvi Asmatullah]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam}} " |
|[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جمیعت علمائے اسلام}}}}
<small>Assembly of Islamic Clerics</small>
|JUI
|[[File:Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1945
| align="center" |1980
|
|[[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]
|[[File:Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #65b980" |
|[[Jinnah Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|جناح مسلم لیگ}}}}
|JML
|
| align="center" |1949
| align="center" |1953
|
|[[Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot]] 
|[[File:Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot (cropped).png|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Khaksar movement]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|تحریکِ خاکسار}}}}
|KM
|[[File:Khaksari flag.gif|100px]]
| align="center" |1931
| align="center" |1970s
|
|[[Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi]]
|[[File:Allama Mashriqi..jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: blue" |
|[[Krishak Sramik Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|کسان ورکرز پارٹی}}<br/>{{lang|bn|কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি}}
|KSP
|
| align="center" |1929
| align="center" |1971
|[[Centre-left]]
|[[A. K. Fazlul Huq]]
|[[File:A k fazlul hoque.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Labour Party Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|لیبر پارٹی پاکستان}}}}
|LPP
|[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1986
| align="center" |2012
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<br />to [[Far-left politics|far-left]]
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Millat Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|ملت پارٹی}}}}
<small>Nation Party</small>
|MP
|[[File:Millat Party Pakistan Flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1997
| align="center" |2004
|
|[[Farooq Leghari]]
|[[File:Farooq Leghari (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #006600" |
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|مسلم لیگ}}}}<br />{{lang|bn|মুসলিম লীগ}}
|ML
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1947
| align="center" |1958
|[[Big tent]]
|[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
|[[File:Jinnah1945c.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[National Awami Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نیشنل عوامی پارٹی}}}}<br />{{lang|bn|ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি}}<br /><small>National People's Party</small>
|NAP
|[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1957
| align="center" |1962
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]]
|[[File:Maulana Bhasani in Havana, Cuba.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[National Awami Party (Wali)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نیشنل عوامی پارٹی (ولي)}}}}
<small>National People's Party (Wali)</small>
|NAP-W
|[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1967
| align="center" |1986
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Khan Abdul Wali Khan]]
|[[File:Abdul Wali Khan (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|National Peoples Party (Pakistan)}}" |
|[[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نیشنل پیپلز پارٹی}}}}
|NPP
|[[File:National Peoples Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1986
| align="center" |2018
|
|[[Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi|Mustafa Jatoi]]
|[[File:Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[National Workers Party (Pakistan)|National Workers Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نیشنل ورکرز پارٹی}}}}
|NWP
|
| align="center" |1999
| align="center" |2010
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Abid Hassan Minto]]
|[[File:Abid Hassan Minto.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Democratic Party}}" |
|[[Pakistan Democratic Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی}}}}
|PDP
|
| align="center" |1967
| align="center" |2012
|
|[[Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: #FF9900" |
|[[Pakistan Hindu Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان ہندو پارٹی}}}}
|PHP
|[[File:Saffron flag.png|100px]]
| align="center" |1990
|
|
|[[Rana Chandra Singh]] 
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party}}" |
| [[Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان جسٹس وڈیموکریٹک پارٹی}}}}
|PJDP
|[[File:Justice and Democratic Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2015
| align="center" |2023
|
| [[Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry]]
| [[File:Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مزدور کسان پارٹی}}}}
<small>Pakistan Labourers and Farmers Party</small>
|PMKP
|
| align="center" |1974
| align="center" |2015
|
|Afzal Shah Khamosh
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ}}}}
|PML
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1962{{Efn|See [[Pakistan Muslim League#First phase (1962–1969)|First phase (1962–1969)]]|name=PML-1st}}<br />1969{{Efn|See [[Pakistan Muslim League#Second phase (1969–1977)|Second phase (1969–1977)]]|name=PML-2nd}}<br />1977{{Efn|See [[Pakistan Muslim League#Third phase (1977–1985)|Third phase (1977–1985)]]|name=PML-3rd}}
| align="center" |1969{{Efn|name=PML-1st}}<br />1977{{Efn|name=PML-2nd}}<br />1985{{Efn|name=PML-3rd}}
|
|[[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]]
|[[File:Muhammed Ayub Khan.JPG|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #006600" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (جناح)}}}}
|PML-J
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1995
| align="center" |2004
|
|[[Manzoor Wattoo]] 
|[[File:Manzoor Wattoo.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}" |
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم ليگ (قيوم)}}}}
|PML-Qy
|[[File:Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1970
| align="center" |1993
|
|[[Abdul Qayyum Khan]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: #00401A" |
|[[Pakistan Peoples Muslim League]]<br />{{nq|پاکستان پیپلز مسلم لیگ}}<br /><small>'''Formerly''' [[Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ہم خیال)}}}}</small>
|PPML
|
| align="center" |2009
| align="center" |2013
|
|[[Arbab Ghulam Rahim]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}" |
|[[Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian-Patriots|Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (Patriots)]]
|PPP-PP
|[[File:Flagge der Pakistanischen Volkspartei.svg|100x100px]]
| {{centre|2002}}
| align="center" |2017
|
|[[Rao Sikandar Iqbal|Rao Sikander Iqbal]]<br />[[Faisal Saleh Hayat]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Pakistan Socialist Party]]
{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان سوشلسٹ پارٹی}}}}
|PSP
|
| align="center" |1948
| align="center" |1958
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
| [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Gulalai|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai)]]{{Efn|It was officially registered by [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] as Jamaat-e-Suffah<ref name=":List">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=List of Enlisted Political Parties |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/updated%20(175%20)%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2021-12-2023.pdf|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20231221201951/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/updated%20(175%20)%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2021-12-2023.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2023 |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=www.ecp.gov.pk |publisher=[[Election Commission of Pakistan]]}}</ref>}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف (گلالئی)}}}}
<small>Pakistan Movement for Justice (Gulalai)</small>
|PTI-G
| [[File:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai) Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2023
|
| [[Ayesha Gulalai Wazir|Ayesha Gulalai]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}" |
|[[Pak Sarzameen Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاک سر زمین پارٹی}}}}
<small>Pure Homeland Party</small>
|PSP
|[[File:Pak Sarzameen Party PSP Flag.png|100px]]
| align="center" |2016
| align="center" |2023
|[[Centre-left]]
|[[Syed Mustafa Kamal|Mustafa Kamal]]
|[[File:Syed Mustafa Kamal at the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پختونخواہ مزدور کسان پارٹی}}}}
<small>Pakhtunkhwa Labourers and Farmers Party</small>
|PkMKP
|
| align="center" |1979
| align="center" |1989
|
|Sher Ali Bacha<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-15|title=An unmatched leader|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/878253-an-unmatched-leader|access-date=2021-09-03|work=The News International (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Qaumi Inqilabi Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|قومی الانقلابی پارٹی}}}}
<small>National Revolutionary Party</small>
|QIP
|
| align="center" |1987
|
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: #6495ED" |
|[[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|ریپبلکن پارٹی}}}}
|RP
|
| align="center" |1955
| align="center" |1958
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|[[Feroz Khan Noon]]
|[[File:Feroz Khan Noon.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #9bb9e1" |
|[[Sindh Awami Ittehad]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|سندھ عوامي اتحاد}}}}<br />{{lang|sd|{{nq|سنڌ عوامي اتحاد}}}}
<small>Sindh People's Alliance</small>
|SAI
|[[File:Flag of Sindh Awami Ittehad Party.png|100px]]
| align="center" |2012
| align="center" |2017
|
|[[Liaquat Ali Jatoi]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Sindh Hari Committee]]<br />{{lang|sd|{{nq|سنڌ هاري ڪاميٽي}}}}
<small>Sindh Farmer Committee</small>
|SHC
|[[File:Flag of Sindh Hari Committee.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1930
|
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[G. M. Syed]]
|[[File:G-M-Syed.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|سندھ مہاجر پنجابی پٹھان متحدہ محاذ}}}}<br /><small>Sindh Muhajir Punjabi Pashtun United Front</small>
|SMPPMM
|
| align="center" |1969
|
|
|Nawab Muzaffar Khan<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-10-13|title=A leaf from history: Dousing the fire of hate|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/756441/a-leaf-from-history-dousing-the-fire-of-hate|access-date=2021-09-03|work=Dawn (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Sindh National Front]]
{{lang|ur|{{nq|سندھ نیشنل فرنٹ}}}}

{{lang|sd|{{nq|سنڌ نيشنل فرنٽ}}}}
|SNF
|[[File:Sindh National Front Flag (Accurate).jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1989
| align="center" |2017
|
|[[Mumtaz Bhutto]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: #0DD5D5" |
|[[Tehreek-e-Istiqlal]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|تحریک استقلال}}}}
<small>Solidarity Movement</small>
|TI
|[[File:Tehreek-e-Istiqlal Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1970
| align="center" |2012
|
|[[Asghar Khan]]
|[[File:Air Marshal Asghar Khan.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: #008000" |
|[[Tehreek-e-Jafaria (Pakistan)|Tehreek-e-Jafaria]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|تحریک جعفریہ پاکستان}}}}<br /><small>Movement for Shia Law</small>
|TJ
|[[File:Tehreek-e-Jafaria Official logo.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1979
|
|[[Far-right politics|Far-right]]
|[[Arif Hussain Hussaini]]
| 
|-
! style="background-color: green" |
|[[Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|تحریک تحفظ پاکستان}}}}<br /><small>Movement for the Protection of Pakistan</small>
|TTP
|
| align="center" |2012
| align="center" |2013
|[[Centrism|Centre]]
|[[Abdul Qadeer Khan]]
|[[File:Abdul Qadeer Khan.jpg|60px]]
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Workers Party Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان}}}}
|WPP
| [[File:Flag of Workers Party Pakistan.svg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2010
| align="center" |2012
|[[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
|[[Abid Hassan Minto]]
|[[File:Abid Hassan Minto.jpg|60px]]
|}

== Unregistered parties ==
{{incomplete list|date=June 2021}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;" |Party
!Abrr.
!Flag
!Date of foundation
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Political position
!Leader(s)
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Mazdoor Kisan Party}}" |
|[[Mazdoor Kisan Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|مزدور کسان پارٹی}}}}<br /><small>Workers and Peasants Party</small>
|MKP
|[[File:Mazdoor Kisan Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1968
|[[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
|[[Afzal Khamosh|Afzal Shah Khamosh]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-08|title=Afghanistan's situation: Pakhtun Qaumi Jirga urges govt to revisit foreign policy|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/875011-afghanistan-s-situation-pakhtun-qaumi-jirga-urges-govt-to-revisit-foreign-policy|access-date=2021-09-04|work=The News International (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Christian Congress}}" |
|[[Pakistan Christian Congress]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان کرسچین کانگریس}}}}
|PCC
|[[File:Pakistan Christian Congress Flag.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1985
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|Nazir S Bhatti
|-
! style="background-color: #00008b" |
|[[Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party]]<br />{{lang|sd|{{nq|سنڌ ترقي پسند پارٽي}}}}<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|سندھ ترقی پسند پارٹی}}}}
<small>Sindh Progressive Party</small>
|STP
|[[File:Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |1991
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Qadir Magsi]]
|-
! style="background-color: #83C327" |
|[[Pakistan Green Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان گرین پارٹی}}}}
|PGP
|[[File:Pakistan Green Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
| align="center" |2002
|[[Green politics|Green]]
|Liaquat Ali Shaikh
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Pakistan}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Pakistan]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان}}}}
|CPP
|[[File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|100px]]
| align="center" |1948
|[[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
|Jameel Ahmad Malik<ref>{{cite news|date=18 August 2021|title=Afghanistan: Pakistan rejoices at Taliban victory as West flounders|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|url=https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-pakistan-rejoices-at-taliban-victory-as-west-flounders/a-58893219|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:skyblue" |
|[[Pakistan Social Democratic Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان سوشل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی}}}}
|PSDP
|
| align="center" |2002
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
|Mujeeb ur Rehman Kiani
|-
! style="background-color: red" |
|[[Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان (تھہیم)}}}}
|CPP
|[[File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|100px]] 
| align="center" |2002
|[[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
|Khadim Thaheem<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2008/0.svg2/25/local21.htm Jacobabad: Call to shift power from GHQ to parliament. February 25, 2008<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bahawalpur National Awami Party}}" |
| [[Bahawalpur National Awami Party]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی}}}}
<small>Bahawalpur National People's Party</small>
|BNAP
| [[File:Bahawalpur National Awami Party Flag.jpg|100x100px]]
|align=center|2010
| 
|[[Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi]]
|-
! style="background-color: green |
|[[Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement]]
|GBUM
|[[File:Flag of Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement.svg|100px]]
|{{sdash}}
|{{sdash}}
|{{sdash}}
|-
! style="background-color: blue" |
| [[All Pakistan Minorities Alliance]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|آل پاکستان اقلیتی اتحاد}}}}
|APML
| [[File:Tango flag.svg|100px]]
|align=center|
| 
| [[Paul Bhatti]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London}}" |
| [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London]]<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|متحدہ قومی موومنٹ لندن}}}}<br /><small>''Muttaḥidah Qọ&#x304;mī Mūwmaṅṫ''</small><small>United National Movement - London</small>
|MQM-L
| [[File:Flag of MQM-London.png|100px]]
|align=center|1984
| [[Centre-left politics|Center-left]] to [[Centrism|Centre]]
| [[Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Altaf Hussain]]
|-
! style="background-color: #005288" |
|[[Pakistan Republic Party]]
پاکستان ریپبلک پارٹی‎
|PRP
|
| align="center" |2025
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
|[[Reham Khan]]
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Pakistan|Politics}}
* [[Politics of Pakistan]]
* [[List of ruling political parties by country]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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