Barabri Party Pakistan Explained

Barabri Party Pakistan
Native Name:Urdu: برابری پارٹی پاکستان
Abbreviation:BPP
Native Name Lang:ur
Lang1:Urdu
Name Lang1:Urdu: برابری پارٹی پاکستان
Slogan:Khana, Kapra, Ghar, Tahafuz, Taleem, Sehat or Rozgaar, Bijli, Pani, Transport, Insaaf, RAYASAAT IN KI ZIMMEDAAR.
Founder:Jawad Ahmad
Leader1 Title:Chairman
Leader1 Name:Jawad Ahmad
Leader2 Title:Vice Chairman
Leader2 Name:Shahnaz Khan
Founded:2018
Headquarters:Johar Town Lahore, Pakistan
Ideology:Egalitarianism
Position:Left-wing
Colors: Green, Gold, Red
Symbol:Pen (Qalam)[1]
Country:Pakistan

The Barabri Party Pakistan[2] [3] (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|برابری پارٹی پاکستان BPP), a political party founded in 2017 by musician/singer, political activist, social worker and intellectual Jawad Ahmad.

The party's name, Barabri, is an Urdu word meaning 'equality' because the fundamental underlying philosophy of the party is equitable distribution of resources and equality of access to opportunities for all citizens of Pakistan regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality or gender.

The party was delisted in January 2024 for failing to conduct intra-party elections.

Ideology

The fundamental underlying ideology of the party is leftist. Equality of access over opportunities and resources for all citizens of Pakistan regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality or gender.

General elections 2018

BPP fielded 12 candidates for five Provincial and seven National Assembly seats, including one woman, in 2018 elections; all of them belonging to the middle class, working class and youth, against the political stalwarts in the country. Jawad Ahmad[4] [5] [6] [7] himself challenged Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Zardari Bhutto[8] representing the three major political parties in Pakistan, in 2018 elections. He believes that these parties represent the elites in the country and election is a form of business for these parties. Jawad Ahmad further elaborates that ninety-nine percent of Pakistan population belongs to the middle and working class and unless candidates representing this ninety-nine percent of the population enter the parliament to work on people-centric legislation, nothing will change and status quo will keep on existing.

The party did not win any seat and their deposits in all contested constituencies were forfeited.

General elections 2024

Ahead of the 2024 elections, the party was delisted by the Election Commission of Pakistan for failing to conduct intra-party elections and was not eligible to contest on any seat.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 116 Election Symbols to political parties. Election Commission of Pakistan. ecp.gov.pk. 22 October 2021.
  2. News: 'Doctors should be concerned about patient rights'. The News International newspaper. en. 2024-07-25.
  3. Web site: Jawad Ahmed decides to participate in general elections 2018 - Entertainment. Dunya News. 2019-10-15.
  4. Web site: Jawad Ahmad explains 'anti-PM' remarks which led to him being barred from speaking in Faisalabad. Geo TV News website. en-US. 2019-10-15.
  5. Web site: Pakistan Election 2018: Jawad Ahmad is challenging PML-N, PTI, PPP. Hussainy. Faizanullah. 2018-07-03. Hamariweb.com website. en-US. 2019-10-15.
  6. Web site: I will contest election against status quo: Jawad. 2018-05-31. The Nation. en. 2019-10-15.
  7. Web site: Politics, activism, human rights highlights of Faiz Aman Mela. Gabol. Imran. 2018-02-19. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-10-15.
  8. News: Candidate Profile: Challenging political biggies on behalf of 'middle class' . Amir . Wasim . Dawn newspaper . 3 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20240604051901/https://www.dawn.com/news/1417578 . 4 June 2024. dead. 25 July 2024.
  9. Web site: 12 January 2024 . ECP delists 13 political parties . Pakistan Today.