Bahawalpur National Awami Party Explained

Bahawalpur National Awami Party
Abbreviation:	BNAP
Chairman:	Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi
Founder:	Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi
Country:	Pakistan
Native Name:	بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی
Native Name Lang:	ur
Founded:	2010

Bahawalpur National Awami Party (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی) is a Pakistani political party formed in 2010 by Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi.

Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi was a Member of Parliament in Pakistan. He is also the nephew of Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, of Abbasi Dynasty, who was the last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Bahawalpur.^{[1] [2] [3]} He has been elected five times as Member of National Assembly from the city Ahmadpur East. He is also the Chief of Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP) which is allied with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi is also a strong campaigner of restoration of Bahawalpur province and an influential personality of South Punjab.^{[4] [5]}

Ahead of the 2024 elections, the party was delistedby the Election Commission of Pakistan for failing to conduct intra-party elections and was not eligible to contest on any seat.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nawab family scion's name doing the rounds: Governor's slot . Gill . Majeed . 28 February 2008 . Dawn . 10 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080303000512/http://www.dawn.com/2008/02/28/nat22.htm . March 3, 2008.
2. Web site: Bahawalpur Ittehad enters the fray. 18 August 2003. Dawn.
3. Web site: BAHAWALPUR: Auction of Nawab's articles delayed yet again . 26 April 2004 . Dawn . 10 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107212639/http://www.dawn.com/2004/04/26/local30.htm . January 7, 2009 .
4. Web site: Bahawalpur province: 'Makhdooms and Gilanis cannot decide our fate'. 23 January 2013.
5. Web site: Identity and governance: Nawab insists on a separate province. February 2013.
6. Web site: 12 January 2024 . ECP delists 13 political parties . Pakistan Today.