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National Party نيشنل پارٹی | |
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| Abbreviation | NP |
| Leader | Abdul Malik Baloch |
| Secretary-General | Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi[1] |
| Founders | Abdul Hai Baloch Abdul Malik Baloch Hasil Bizenjo |
| Founded | 2003; 23 years ago (2003) |
| Merger of | Balochistan National Democratic Party[2] (BNDP) Balochistan National Movement (Hayee)[2] (BNM-H) |
| Headquarters | Quetta,Balochistan,Pakistan |
| Student wing | Baloch Students Organization (Pajjar) |
| Ideology | Secularism Social democracy Baloch nationalism Civic nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | PDM |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| Senate | 1 / 96 |
| National Assembly | 1 / 336 |
| Balochistan Assembly | 4 / 65 |
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Saw[3] | |
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TheNational Party (abbr.NP)[a] is aPakistani political party, based inBalochistan, with aleftist political position and asocial democratic ideology. It is one of the largestregionalist parties active in the province, along with theBalochistan National Party. It traces its legacy from theKalat State National Party ofMir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo,Mir Gul Khan Nasir andMir Abdul Aziz Kurd, and is currently headed byAbdul Malik Baloch.[1]
N.P was established in October 2003 when the non-tribal, essentially middle-class Balochistan National Democratic Party (BNDP) led byHasil Bizenjo, son of the Baloch nationalistGhaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, merged with the non-tribal middle-class nationalist partyBalochistan National Movement (BNM) led by Dr.Abdul Hai Baloch. It is considered to be the successor of the Kalat National Party.Abdul Hai Baloch became the first chairman of the National Party andHasil Bizenjo became the secretary general of the new party.[4] In 2008,Abdul Malik Baloch was elected as the party president, and was the Chief Minister of Balochistan between 2013 and 2015.
The party boycotted the2008 general elections as a protest against themilitary operation being conducted in the province at the time. However,Sanaullah Zehri and his followers decided to contest elections forming a faction called NP Parliamentarians.[5] As a result, National Party won one provincial assembly seat with Sanuallah Zehri winning PB-33 Khuzdar-I.
The party participated in General elections of 2013 and secured victory on 11 seats of Balochistan Provincial Assembly and 1 seat of National Assembly. The government was formed in coalition with PKMAP and PML(N), with the party's MPA and then president Dr Abdul Malik Baloch heading the government as Chief Minister Balochistan. Now Hasil Bezenjo is the president after 4th National Congress held in Quetta in November 2015.
The fourth congress of National Party was conducted on 8–10 November 2014. The elections were conducted by Abdullah Dayo, who was assigned as the Chief Election Commissioner of the party.Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo[6][7][8] was elected party president, Dr. Yasin Baloch as Secretary General and Dr. Hassan Nasir as Deputy Secretary General. The congress also determined the program to organize party all across Pakistan. The party's constitution was also revised. Syed Mukhtar Bacha was elected as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Organizer, Ayub Malik as Punjab's Organizer and Ramzan Memon as Sindh's Organizer.
