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2014 Tsunami March
The 2014 Tsunami March (), also called the Azadi movement, was a protest march in Pakistan from 14 August to 17 December 2014. The march was organized by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) against the Government of Pakistan, Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. PTI claimed systematic Electoral fraud, election-rigging in the 2013 Pakistani general election, 2013 general election, and PAT demanded justice for the culprits in the 2014 Lahore clash. Then PTI chairman Imran Khan had announced plans for an August march from Lahore to Islamabad with a group of protesters in a PTI ''jalsa'' (demonstration) in Bahawalpur on 27 June 2014. On 17 December, a day after the 2014 Peshawar school massacre, Khan called off the protest. Background Following allegations of massive vote-rigging in the 2013 Pakistani general election, 2013 general election, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tentatively accepted the election re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital. The Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; the city comprises administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for its parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, including the country's flagship Faisal Mosque, which is the world's sixth-largest mosq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result of a factional split in 1988, F standing for the name of its leader, Fazal-ur-Rehman. It has been called "the biggest religio-political party" in Pakistan, with the largest "proven street power." At the time of its inception it was based in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which are mostly inhabited by Pashtuns, but over the years it has cemented its electoral base into Balouchistan, and into Sindh. The JUI (F) is the largest splinter group of the original JUI, which split into two factions in 1980 over the policy of Pakistani president Zia-ul-Haq of supporting Mujahideen outfits in the Afghanistan war. The other faction, the much smaller JUI-S, led by Samiul Haq, is of regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two other small s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its chairman from 1996 to 2023. Born in Lahore, Khan graduated from Keble College, Oxford. He began his international cricket career in a 1971 Test series against England. Khan learned reverse swing bowling from Sarfraz Nawaz and passed on this technique to Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who developed and popularised it in subsequent years. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1983. Khan is also credited with advancing the idea of neutral umpiring in cricket during his captaincy. Khan led Pakistan to its first-ever Test series victories in India and England during 1987. He was awarded the International Cricketer of the Year award in 1989. Playing until 1992, he captained the Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Malik Baloch
Abdul Malik Baloch (—) is a politician and served as the 21st Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan from 7 June 2013 to 23 December 2015. He was born in Turbat District, Makran and he is a member of the Hooth tribe. He is the president of National Party. He was the first non-tribal leader to serve as Chief Minister of Balochistan. Malik was succeeded by Sanaullah Zehri, leader of the Zehri tribe, upon Malik's resignation in accordance with the Murree political power sharing agreement. Baloch campaigned to root out corruption from the province. He has a good relationship with the federal government and has taken on several companies from federal to Baloch government, hoping to increase provincial revenues. Baloch also favours peace talks with militants in his province. Levels of violence and targeted killings declined relative to previous governments while the construction of electricity and roads upgraded Balochistan's infrastructure. This came as Balochistan had most of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman (born 19 June 1953) is a Pakistani politician and cleric who is the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He was previously the president of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of political parties which ousted then Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, no-confidence motion in 2022. Fazal-ur-Rehman has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly since February 2024 and previously served in that position between 1988 and 2018. He was also the Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan), Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007. In the 1980s, he was part of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), which was formed to end the military coups in Pakistan, military regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, General Zia-ul-Haq. Rehman is a strong Taliban supporter, known for his close ties to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He has called for imposition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Mahmud Khan Achakzai (; born 14 December 1948) is a Pakistani Pashtun regionalist politician who is the Chairman of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. Achakzai completed his Engineering degree from the Peshawar University of Engineering and Technology. In the 7th National Congress of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party on 19 and 20 December 2022 Mahmood Khan Achakzai was re elected as the Chairman of PkMAP. He is serving as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. Early life and education Achakzai was born on 14 December 1948 to Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai. He received BSc degree in Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar in 1971. Political career Achakzai is a Pashtun nationalist who was elected as the chairman of the Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (PNAP) following the assassination of his father Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai in a bomb attack in Quetta in 1973. PNAP and the Pakhtunkhwa Mazdoor Kisan Party (PMKP) of Sher Ali Bacha reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024, having held the same office from 2008 to 2013. He is the president of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party from December 2007 until December 2015. He is the first president born after Independence. He is the widower of twice-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023, and in 2024. The son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a landowner from Sindh, Zardari rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987, who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan after her election in 1988. When Bhutto's government was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990, Zardari was widely criticized for involvement in corruption scandals that led to its collapse. When Bhutto was reelected in 1993, Zardari served as Federal Investment Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahbaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and chief minister of Punjab (Pakistan), chief minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving person in the role. Shehbaz was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1988 and to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1990. He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and named Leader of the Opposition of Punjab (Pakistan), leader of the opposition. He was elected as chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, for the first time on 20 February 1997. After the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, Shehbaz, along with his family, spent years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia, returning t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the largest in the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The party was founded in 1993, when a number of prominent Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative politicians in the country joined hands after the dissolution of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, Islamic Democratic Alliance, under the leadership of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Party platform, party's platform is generally Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative, which involves supporting free markets, deregulation, Tax cut, lower taxes and Privatization, private ownership. Although the party initially supported social conservatism, in recent years, the party's political ideology and platform has become more Liberal conservatism, liberally conservative. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (S) () commonly known as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) is a political party in Pakistan. It was established in 1980, as a breakaway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) founded by Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani in 1945. The "S" in its name stands for the name of its leader, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq. A small party in the realm of Pakistani politics it achieved some success in 2002 when it joined the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a junior member of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) coalition government. History During the 1980s, the JUI supported some of General Zia ul Haq's policies, including his anti-Soviet Jihad in Afghanistan. Additionally, official patronage and financial support for madrassas during the Zia years allowed the JUI to build thousands of madrassas, especially in the NWFP (now KPK), which were instrumental in the formation of the Taliban. At the same time the JUI was distrustful of Zia's close ties with the Jamaat-e-Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM; , ) is a Pakistani Shia Islam, Shi'a Islamic political organization. Its headquarters are in Islamabad. MWM Pakistan works to establish an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly emphasising Shia Islam, Shi'a-Sunni Islam, Sunni unity. Party profile Party objective, agenda and manifesto The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen is a Shia Islam, Shiite Muslim political and religious party of Pakistan whose main objective is to make a practical effort for the revival of Islam and the integrity and stability of Pakistan's nation, Party's main perspective is to speak against the oppression of Pakistan's Shia community, establish goodwill with the Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim community, raise political and religious awareness among Muslims and to revive the teachings of the Quran in the society espousing Islamic socialism, MWM agenda envisions a religious Islamic republic that advocates individuals' welfare particularly emphasising Muslim unity through comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
