Balochistan National Party (Awami)
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Balochistan National Party (Awami) is a minor political party in Balochistan, Pakistan with regionalist orientation.[4][3][5]
Balochistan National Party (Awami) بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (عوامی) | |
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Abbreviation | BNP(A) |
President | Mir Asadullah Baloch[1] |
Founder | Israr Ullah Zehri[2] |
Founded | 1998 |
Split from | BNP (M)[3] |
Ideology | Regionalism Baloch nationalism |
Balochistan Assembly | 1 / 65 |
Election symbol | |
Camel | |
Party flag | |
The party was founded in 1998 after a intra-party dispute within the Balochistan National Party where a group of ministers within the party, led by Israrullah Zehri, left the party after refusing to accept the results of the party's election where Ataullah Mengal had become the leader of the party. The group of ministers left the party and hence the BNP split into the Balochistan National Party - Awami, led by Zehri and the Balochistan National Party - Mengal.[3]
In 2018, the party's president, Mir Asadullah Baloch served as the provincial minister for agriculture of Balochistan in the coalition government headed by former chief minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo from 2018 to 2023.