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| Pakistan Peoples Party پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی |
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| Leader | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters | Central Secretariat Parliament Lodges Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Official ideology/ political position |
Social democracy / Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Website | www.ppp.org.pk |
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی): is a centre-left political party in Pakistan affiliated to the Socialist International. The leader was, until her death by assassination, chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) is a party formed in 2002 by the PPP for the purpose of complying with electoral rules governing Pakistani parties. The party was founded in 1967, on November 30 and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became its first chairman. The party creed is: "Islam is our faith; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; all power to the people." The Pakistan Peoples Party is considerably more liberal than other political parties in Pakistan and is known to fight for such issues as women's rights (its previous leader was a woman) and the rights of the poor and the oppressed.
Although its center lies in the southern province of Sindh, it also has considerable support in the more densely populated province of Punjab.
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Notable leaders
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was the founder and first chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party. His wife Nusrat Bhutto succeeded him as chairperson and held the position[1] into the 1980s. In 1982, Nusrat Bhutto, ill with cancer, was given permission to leave Pakistan for medical treatment and remained abroad for several years. At that point her daughter, Benazir Bhutto, became acting head of the party while Nusrat technically remained its chairman[2] and was referred to as such as late as September 1983.[3] By January 1984, Benazir was being referred to as the party's chairman.[4] She had been proclaimed chairperson for life,[5] and as such was chair until her assassination on December 27, 2007. Her nineteen-year old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his father Asif Ali Zardari were appointed party co-chairmen on December 30, 2007.[6] Bilawal may become sole chairman when he completes his education at Christ Church, Oxford in 2010.
- Chairs
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1967-1979)
- Nusrat Bhutto (1979-1983)
- Benazir Bhutto (1983-2007)
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari (2007-)
- Other leaders
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References
- ^ Reuters News Agency, "Pakistan rally halted before march begins", Globe and Mail, August 29, 1983
- ^ Hall, Carla, "The April of Her Freedom Five Years Later, Benazir Bhutto's Plea for Pakistan", Washington Post, April 4, 1984
- ^ "Mrs. Bhutto Asks Army To Overthrow Zia", New York Times, September 27, 1983
- ^ "Miss Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of the former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Blutto, and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party has been released from detention and has gone to Paris to be with her cancer-stricken mother", Financial Times, January 11, 1984
- ^ Musharraf’s Political Future Appears Troubled, New York Times, David Rohde, December 28, 2007
- ^ "Bhutto's son, husband to be co-leaders of party", Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
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