Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party Explained

Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party
Native Name:	Pakhtunkhwa National People's Party
Native Name Lang:	ur
Lang1:	Pashto
Name Lang1:	پښتونخوا نېشنل عوامي پارټي
Abbr:	PKNAP
Split:	Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Chairman:	Khushal Khan Kakar
Founder:	Khushal Khan Kakar
Founded:	^[1]
Registered:	^[2]
Headquarters:	Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Colours:	Crimson & White
Symbol:	Bunch of Grapes^[3]
Country:	Pakistan

Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (; ; English: Pakhtunkhwa National People's Party; abbreviated as PKNAP), is a political party based in Balochistan, Pakistan.^[4] It was founded as a breakaway faction of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) by Khushal Kakar, son of former PKMAP leader Usman Kakar after having differences with PKMAP leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai in December 2022.^{[1] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shahid . Saleem . 2022-12-14 . SITUATIONER: INFIGHTING THAT BLEEDS PkMAP . 2024-02-12 . DAWN.COM . en.
2. News: 1 January 2024 . ECP registers Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan . 12 February 2024 . SAMAA TV.
3. Web site: List of Allocation of Election Symbol to Political Parties for GE-2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240115181713/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/List%20of%20Allotted%20Election%20Symbols%20to%20Political%20Parties%20in%20GE-2024%20-%2014-1-2024.pdf . 15 January 2024 . 16 January 2024. www.ecp.gov.pk . Election Commission of Pakistan.
4. Web site: 23 January 2024 . List of Enlisted Political Parties . https://web.archive.org/web/20240129135050/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/PF%20wing/%28166%20%29%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2023-1-2024.pdf . 29 January 2024 . 29 January 2024 . www.ecp.gov.pk . Election Commission of Pakistan.
5. Web site: Shahid . Saleem . 2022-12-28 . PkMAP 'officially' splits . 2024-02-12 . DAWN.COM . en.
6. Web site: 2022-12-29 . Kakar demands new NAP against terrorism . 2024-02-12 . The Express Tribune . en.