Awami National Party
Awami National Party عوامی نيشنل پارٹی عوامي نېشنل پارټي | |
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| Pashto name | عوامي نېشنل پارټي (lit. اولسي ملي ګوند) |
| Abbreviation | ANP |
| Leader | Aimal Wali Khan |
| General Secretary | Muhammad Saleem Khan |
| Spokesperson | Ehsan Ullah Khan |
| Founder | Abdul Wali Khan |
| Founded | July 28, 1986 |
| Preceded by | NAP (Wali) |
| Headquarters | Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar |
| Student wing | Pakhtun Students Federation |
| Youth wing | National Youth Organization |
| Ideology | Liberal socialism Pashtun nationalism Secularism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | PONM PDM |
| Colors | Mahogany |
| Slogan | Peace, Democracy, and Development |
| Senate | 3 / 96 |
| KPK Assembly | 2 / 145 |
| Balochistan Assembly | 3 / 65 |
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| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Awami National Party (ANP; Urdu: عوامی نيشنل پارٹی, Pashto: عوامي نېشنل پارټي; lit. People's National Party) is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, great-grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism.
ANP was the largest Pashtun nationalist party in Pakistan between 2008−2013 with influence lying in the Pashtun dominated areas in and around Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They governed the province from 2008 to 2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013.