Pakistan is a multi-party democracy. The country has many political parties and many times in the past the country has been ruled by a coalition government.

The Parliament of Pakistan is bicameral, consisting of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Senate.

The military-dominated Establishment has directly ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its existence since independence in 1947, while frequently exerting covert dominance over the political leadership during the remainder.^[1][2] The Establishment in Pakistan includes the key decision-makers in the country's military and intelligence services, national security, as well as its foreign and domestic policies, including the state policies of aggressive Islamization during the military dictatorship of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. However, the military establishment later reversed its support of political Islam under General Pervez Musharraf, who pursued enlightened moderation in the 2000s.

Until 1990, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the only major party of Pakistan. After Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto died, Benazir Bhutto took control and they remained in a strong position throughout Pakistan. In 1990, Nawaz Sharif of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) won the elections. Two major parties were in Pakistan. After IJI dissolved and Nawaz Sharif founded Pakistan Muslim League (N), PPP and PML(N) were the major two parties of Pakistan. In 1993, Peoples Party won the election again. In 1996, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was formed. In 2013, PTI took part in the elections and won 35 seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 Pakistan elections, PTI became the government and became one of the three major parties of Pakistan.

In 2020, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was formed of many parties as a movement against then prime minister Imran Khan. Following Imran Khan’s removal, political unrest broke out throughout the country, and in the events leading up to the Pakistani 2024 election, many new parties were formed. The country’ largest party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, would be subject to legal issues, and an alleged crackdown and therefore was forced to register with their alliance member, the Sunni Ittehad Council, which is a minor religious party.

Punjab is generally considered as the most important political province and has been used by major parties such as the PPP, PML(N) and PTI in the past to gain legitimacy and as a political stronghold. The Punjab provincial assembly has usually been split between the Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

Sindh has been used as a political stronghold for the Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since the party’s creation. The PTI, PML(N) & PPP has almost always won landslide victories in provincial elections in Sindh, and has almost always held the province’s seats. Throughout the early 2000s the PML-Q saw minor successes in Sindh, but the province quickly came under the control of the PML(N) PPP and PTI again. The PPP has been accused of bad governance by several Sindhi parties, leading to the creation of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), a coalition of several anti-PPP parties, although the PML(N) PTI and PPP still holds sweeping majorities in Sindhi provincial seats.^[3]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is full of Pashtun nationalist and regionalist parties favoring Afghan tribalism, such as the PML(N) ANP and PMAP. The region has also been full of religious parties, like the PML(N) JUI-F especially throughout the north western areas near Afghanistan. There are several political parties in KPK, and most of them favor Pashtun nationalism with feudal aspects, but ever since Imran Khan’s entrance into politics, the PTI has almost always won landslide election victories in the province and has KPK as a political stronghold and base of power.

The province of Balochistan, Pakistan is full of Baloch nationalist parties, with some demanding autonomy for Balochistan, and some extreme groups demanding secession from Pakistan. Most parties from Balochistan follow the same pattern as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, high levels of regionalism and ethnic nationalism, with most ethnic nationalists being left-wing, as well as right-wing religious groups usually gaining victories near the Afghan border. Balochistan is the only province in which no party regularly gains a clear majority, and the provincial assembly is usually split between Baloch nationalist parties.^[4]

The Pakistan Peoples Party won the first Gilgit-Baltistan elections and was the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with 20 seats out of 33. However, in 2015, Pakistan Muslim League (N) won 15 seats and became the major party of Gilgit-Baltistan and PPP only received one seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. However, in the 2020 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 16 seats and became the only major party of Gilgit-Baltistan with PPP winning 3 and PML(N) winning two seats.

The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz is a Pakistani conservative political party that was founded in 1993 by senior politician, Nawaz Sharif.^[5] The party was founded as an offshoot of the Pakistan Muslim League, but is now its largest faction. It is currently still led by its founder Nawaz Sharif and is ideologically conservative as well as shares similarities with Nawaz's previous party, the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad.^[5] It saw rapid growth under Nawaz Sharif in the 1990s as it entered a two-party system with the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[6] It is also advocates for economic privatization, as Nawaz himself was a business owner. The party follows a free market capitalist and economically liberalist approach.^[7] It has developed a somewhat ideology around its leader Nawaz Sharif and has been led by members of the Sharif family. It has been right-wing for most of its existence but has shifted to a center-right position in recent years. It holds is base of power in Sindh, more specifically Karachi and Punjab, more specifically Lahore and has had 3 different prime ministers including Nawaz himself who served for the longest non-consecutive time (9 years). The prime ministers from the PML-N include Nawaz Sharif (3 terms), Maryam Nawaz Sharif (1 term) and Nawaz's younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif (2 terms), who is serving right now.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a political party founded in 1996 by cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan. The party was founded on the premise of bringing change to Pakistan and to bring a new face to Pakistani politics, as when the party was founded the PPP and PML-N ruled Pakistan in a de-facto two party system.^[6] It advocates for welfarism and has promoted turning Pakistan into a modern welfare state.^[8] It has often seen populism around Imran Khan, a former cricket star. It launched a large-scale anti-corruption campaign across Pakistan in the 2000s and 2010s which led to its victory in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[9] It holds its base of power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also holds significant popularity and influence across western Punjab, where Imran Khan is from. It has been widely seen as an anti-establishment party since 2022 as it clashed with Pakistan's military establishment. It was founded as a centrist party, though in 2024, some sources indicated that the party had shifted center-right due to its pro-islamic unity teachings.^[10] Besides this it has advocated for rule of law and constitutionalism as part of its political alliance, the Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin. Despite being the largest political party in Pakistan in terms of membership, and in the top 10 largest parties worldwide, it has only had one prime minister, being Imran Khan himself who served for one term.

The Pakistan People's Party is a political party founded in 1967 by statesman, barrister and senior politician, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is by far the oldest out of the top ruling parties in Pakistan and was the first Pakistani political party to lay out a manifesto and ideology.^[11] It was founded on the premise of socialism and to struggle against the military rule of Field Marshal Ayub Khan (1958-1969). It has also been characterized as Pakistan's first democratic party^[11] and has been left-wing for most of its existence with its founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being a left-wing populist, though in the 21st century it has shifted to a center-left position. Zulfikar ruled Pakistan from 1971 until 1977, when he was overthrown and later hanged in 1979. The party has been widely seen as a dynastic political family party as it has seen its leadership pass down through the Bhutto family, which has seen a devoted cult of personality. After Zulfikar's death the party abandoned its socialist ideology and instead shifted to progressivism under Zulfikar's daughter, Benazir Bhutto. Benazir would be assassinated in 2007 and since then the party has been controlled by her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as well as her son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The party has been rivals with the PML-N for most of its existence but has joined hands with the PML-N against the PTI. Its main base of power is Sindh. The PPP is led by the Central Executive Committee and has seen 4 different prime ministers including: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1973-1977), Benazir Bhutto (1988-1990, 1993-1996), Yusuf Raza Gillani (2008-2012) and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (2012-2013).

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Founded	Political position	Leader	Ideology	National Assembly[a]	Senate
	Pakistan Muslim League (N) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) Pākistān Muslam Lig (Nūn)	PMLN		1993	Centre-right[12]	Nawaz Sharif	Conservative liberalism Pakistani conservatism	124 / 336	20 / 96
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف Pakistan Movement for Justice	PTI		1996	Centre	Gohar Ali Khan	Islamic democracy Welfarism Civic nationalism Anti-corruption	78 / 336	25 / 96
	Pakistan People's Party پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی Pākistān Pīplz Pārṭī </ref>	PPP		1967	Centre-left[12]	Bilawal Bhutto Zardari	Progressivism Social democracy	73 / 336	26 / 96
	Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ Pākistān United National Movement – Pakistan	MQM-P		2016	Centre-left to centre[12]	Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui	Muhajir nationalism Secularism Social liberalism	23 / 336	3 / 96
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)[b] جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف) Assembly of Islamic Clerics	JUI-F		1980	Right-wing[12]	Fazl-ur-Rahman	Islamic fundamentalism Deobandism Islamism	8 / 336	5 / 96
	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)[c] پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق) Pākistān Mislam Lig (Q)	PML(Q)		2002	Centre-right	Shujaat Hussain	Pakistani conservatism Pakistani nationalism	6 / 336	1 / 96
	Awami National Party عوامي نېشنل ګوند عوامی نيشنل پارٹی ʿAwāmī Nīšonal Pārṭī	ANP		1986	Centre-left[12] to left-wing	Aimal Wali Khan	Pashtun nationalism Socialism Secularism	—	3 / 96
	Sunni Ittehad Council سنی اتحاد کونسل Sunni Unity Council	SIC		2009	Right-wing	Sahibzada Hamid Raza[13]	Sunni Islam Barelvi faith Religious politics	—	—
	Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی Pakhtunkhwa National People's Party	PkMAP		1989	Centre-left[12] to left-wing	Mahmood Khan Achakzai	Pashtun nationalism Regionalism Left-wing nationalism	1 / 336	—
	National Party نيشنل پارٹی Nīšonal Pārṭī	NP		2003	Centre-left	Abdul Malik Baloch	Baloch nationalism Civic nationalism Social liberalism	1 / 336	1 / 96
	Balochistan National Party بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی Balōčistān Nīšonal Pārṭī	BNP		1996	Left-wing	Akhtar Mengal	Baloch nationalism Secularism Left-wing populism	1 / 336	1 / 96
	Balochistan Awami Party بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی Balōčistān Awāmī Pārṭī	BAP		2018	Centre[12]	Khalid Hussain Magsi	Progressivism Federalism	1 / 336	4 / 96
	Grand Democratic Alliance گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد Grānd Jumhuuri Ittehaad	GDA		2018	Big tent	Pir of Pagaro VIII	Regionalism Anti-PPP Good governance Big tent	—	—
	Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party استحکامِ پاکستان Pakistan Stability Party	IPP		2023	Radical centre	Aleem Khan	Populism	6 / 336	3 / 96
	Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین Muslim Unity Assembly	MWM		2009	Centre to right-wing[d][14]	Raja Nasir Abbas	Islamic democracy Shia-Sunni unity Islamic socialism	1 / 336	1 / 96
	Pakistan Muslim League (Z) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)	PML (Z)		2002	Far-right	Ijaz-ul-Haq	Ziaism Islamism	1 / 336	—
	Independents آزاد اراکین	IND	N/A					1 / 336	4 / 96

This is the list of parties that are currently represented in any of the 5 Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan, which includes, the Provincial assembly in Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Sindh	Punjab	Balochistan	KPK	Gilgit-Baltistan
	Pakistan Muslim League (N) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)	PMLN		10 / 371	203 / 371	17 / 65	9 / 145	3 / 33
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف Pakistan Movement for Justice	PTI		5 / 168	104 / 371	—N/a	57 / 145	21 / 33
	Pakistan People’s Party پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی	PPP		120 / 168	17 / 371	17 / 65	5 / 145	5 / 33
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف) Assembly of Islamic Clerics (F)	JUI (F)		—N/a	—N/a	14 / 65	9 / 145	1 / 33
	Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان United National Movement – Pakistan	MQM-P		43 / 168	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
	Awami National Party عوامی نيشنل پارٹی	ANP		—N/a	—N/a	3 / 65	2 / 145	—N/a
	Pakistan Muslim League (Q) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)	PML(Q)		—N/a	10 / 371	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
	Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party استحکامِ پاکستان Pakistan Stability Party	IPP		—N/a	8 / 371	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
	Balochistan National Party بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی	BNP		—N/a	—N/a	1 / 65	—N/a	—N/a}
	Balochistan Awami Party بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی	BAP		—N/a	—N/a	5 / 65	—N/a	—N/a
	National Party نيشنل پارٹی Nīšonal Pārṭī	NP		—N/a	—N/a	4 / 65	—N/a	—N/a
	Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen مجلس وحدت مسلمین Muslim Unity Assembly	MWM		—N/a	1 / 371	—N/a	—N/a	1 / 33
Parties that are unrepresented in the Parliament and are only represented through Provincial assemblies
	Grand Democratic Alliance گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد	GDA		3 / 168	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف پارلیمنٹرینز Pakistan Movement for Justice Parliamentarians	PTI-P		—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	4 / 145	—N/a
	Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan جماعتِ اسلامی Islamic Party	JIP		1 / 168	1 / 168	1 / 65	—N/a	—N/a
	Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan تحریک لبیک پاکستان Here-I-Am Movement Pakistan	TLP		—N/a	3 / 371	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
	Balochistan National Party (Awami) بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (عوامی)	BNP-A		—N/a	—N/a	1 / 65	—N/a	—N/a
	Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan حق دو تحریک، بلوچستان Give Rights Movement Balochistan	HDTB		—N/a	—N/a	1 / 65	—N/a	—N/a
	Balawaristan National Front[e] بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ Balāwaristān Naishanal Franṭ	BNF		—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1 / 33
	Islami Tehreek Pakistan اسلامی تحریک پاکستان Islamic Movement Pakistan	ITP		—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1 / 33
	Independents آزاد اراکین	IND	—N/a	—N/a	1 / 371	—N/a	1 / 145	1 / 33

This is the list of registered parties that are currently unrepresented in Parliament and any of the provincial assemblies of Pakistan since 2024.^[13]

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Est.	Political position	Leader	Core ideology
	Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek الله اکبر تحریک God is Great Movement	AAT				Muhammad Aslam Rabbani[16]	Islamism
	Awaam Pakistan عوام پاکستان People Pakistan	AP		2024	Big tent	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi	Civic nationalism
	Awami Muslim League (Pakistan) عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان Awāmī Musallam League Pākistān	AML		2008	Centrism	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	Mass politics
	Awami Tahreek عوامی تحریک People's Movement	QAT		1970	Left-wing to far-left	Wasand Thari[17]
	Awami Workers Party عوامی ورکرز پارٹی People's Workers Party	AWP		2012	Left-wing[12]	Akhtar Hussain	Worker's rights
	Barabri Party Pakistan برابری پارٹی پاکستان Equality Party Pakistan	BPP		2018	Left-wing	Jawad Ahmad	Social equality
	Haqooq-e-Khalq Party حقوقِ خلق پارٹی پاکستان Rights of the People Party	HKP		2022	Left-wing[12]	Ammar Ali Jan	Socialism
	Hazara Democratic Party ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی	HDP		2003	Centre-left	Abdul Khaliq Hazara	Hazara interests
	Jamhoori Wattan Party جمہوری وطن پارٹی Republican Nation Party	JWP		1990	Centre-left[18] to left-wing	Shahzain Bugti	Baloch nationalism
	Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith[f] جمیعت اہلِ حدیث المركزى جمعية اهلحديث الباكستان Assembly of People of Hadith	JAH		1986	Far-right	Hafiz Abdul Kareem	Ahl-i Hadith
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Imam Noorani) جمعیت علماء پاکستان (امام نورانی) Assembly of Clerics of Pakistan (Imam Noorani)	JUP-IN		1948	Right-wing	Shah Owais Noorani[19]	Islamism
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani) جمعیت علماء پاکستان (نورانی) Assembly of Clerics of Pakistan (Noorani)	JUP-N		1948		Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair[16]	Islamism
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) جمعیت علمائے اسلام (س) Assembly of Clerics of Islam (S)	JUI-S		1980	Far-right	Abdul Haq Sani[20]	Deobandi movement
	Jamote Qaumi Movement جاموٹ قومی موومنٹ Jamote People's Movement	JQM		1996		Mir Abdul Majid Abro	Jamote nationalism
	Mohajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi مہاجر قومی موومنٹ حقیقی Muhajir People's Movement – True	MQM-H		1992	Centre-left	Afaq Ahmed	Muhajir nationalism Pakistani nationalism
	Mustaqbil Pakistan مستقبل پاکستان Future Pakistan	MP		2010		Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi[21]	Reformism
	National Democratic Movement ملي جمهوري غورځنګ Millī Jumhūrī Ghōrźang قومی جمہوری تحریک	NDM		2021	Centre-left	Mohsin Dawar	Pashtun nationalism
	National Democratic Party نیشنل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی	NDP		2018		—
	Pakistan Awami Tehreek پاکستان عوامی تحريک Pakistan People's Movement	PAT		1989	Centrism Fiscal: Centre-left Social: Centre-right	Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri	Moderate Islam
	Pakistan Falah Party پاکستان فلاح پارٹی Pakistan People's Movement	PFP		2011
	Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party پاکستان جسٹس وڈیموکریٹک پارٹی	PJDP		2015		Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	Liberal democracy
	Pakistan Muslim League (J) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ج)	PML-J		1988		Muhammad Iqbal Dar[16]	Pakistani nationalism
	Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (شہید بھٹو) پيپلزپارٽي شهيدڀٽو	PPP-S		1997	Left-wing	Ghinwa Bhutto	Bhuttoism
	Pakistan Peoples Party Workers پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ورکرز	PPP-W		2014	Centre-left	Safdar Ali Abbasi	Social democracy
	Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party پاکستان راہِ حق پارٹیي Pakistan Path of Truth Party	PRHP		2012	Far-right	Ibrahim Khan Qasmi	Islamic fundamentalism
	Pakistan Sunni Tehreek پاکستان سنی تحریک Pakistan Sunni Movement	PST		1990	Far-right	Sarwat Ejaz Qadri	Barelvi Sunnism
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati پاکستان تحریک انصاف نظریاتی Pakistan Movement for Justice – Ideological	PTI-N		2012		Akhtar Iqbal Dar
	Pasban-e-Pakistan[g] پاسبان پاکستان Guardians of Pakistan	PP		2015	Single-issue	Altaf Shakoor	Social justice
	Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan پشتونخوا نیشنل عوامی پارٹی Pashtunkhwa National People's Party	PKNAP		2022	Left-wing	Khushal Khan Kakar	Pashtun nationalism Egalitarianism
	Qaumi Awami Tahreek قومی عوامی تحریک National People's Movement	QAT		1970	Left-wing to far-left	Ayaz Latif Palijo[16]	Left-wing nationalism
	Qaumi Watan Party قومی وطن پارٹی قومي وطن ګوند National Homeland Party	QWP		2012	Centre-left	Aftab Ahmad Sherpao	Pashtun neo-nationalism
	Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam رابطہ جمعیت علمائے اسلام Associated Assembly of Clerics of Islam	RJUI		2020	Far-right	Muhammad Khan Sherani	Deobandi clericalism
	Sindh United Party سندھ یونائیٹڈ پارٹی سنڌ يونائيٽڊ پارٽي	SUP		2006		Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah	Sindhi nationalism
	Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan تبدیلی پسند پارٹی پاکستان Reformist Party of Pakistan	TPPP		2012		Ali Kazi[22]	Good governance

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Founded	Dissolved	Political position	Founder/Leader(s)
	All Pakistan Awami Muslim League آل پاکستان عوامی مسلم لیگ নিখিল পাকিস্তান আওয়ামী মুসলিম লীগ	AL		1950	1971		Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
	All Pakistan Muslim League آل پاکستان مسلم لیگ	APML		2010	2023[23]	Centre to centre-right	Pervez Musharraf
	Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan عوامی جمهوری اتحاد People's Democratic Alliance Pakistan	AJIP		2012	2015		Liaqat Khan Tarakai
	Awami Raj Party[h] عوامی راج پارٹی People's Rule Party	ARJ			2023		Jamshed Dasti
	Azad Pakistan Party آزاد پاکستان پارٹی Free Pakistan Party	APP		1949	1957	Left-wing	Mian Iftikharuddin
	Combined Opposition Parties اپوزیشن جماعتوں کی مشترکہ	COP		1965	1965	Big tent	Fatima Jinnah
	Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party کمیونسٹ مزدور کسان پارٹی Communist Workers and Farmers Party	CMKP		1995	2015	Far-left
	Convention Muslim League کنونشن مسلم لیگ	ML-C		1962	1970s		Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman[24]
	Council Muslim League کونسل مسلم لیگ	ML-Co		1962	1970s		Khawaja Nazimuddin[24]
	Ganatantri Dal গণতন্ত্রী দল Democratic Party	GD		1953	1957		Mahmud Ali Haji Mohammad Danesh
	Islami Jamhoori Ittehad اسلامی جمہوری اتحاد Islamic Democratic Alliance	IJI		1988	1990	Right-wing	Nawaz Sharif
	Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati جمعیت علمائے اسلام (نظریاتی) Assembly of Islamic Clerics – Ideological	JUI-N		2007	2016		Maulvi Asmatullah
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam جمیعت علمائے اسلام Assembly of Islamic Clerics	JUI		1945	1980		Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
	Jinnah Muslim League جناح مسلم لیگ	JML		1949	1953		Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
	Khaksar movement تحریکِ خاکسار	KM		1931	1970s		Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
	Krishak Sramik Party کسان ورکرز پارٹی কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি	KSP		1929	1971	Centre-left	A. K. Fazlul Huq
	Labour Party Pakistan لیبر پارٹی پاکستان	LPP		1986	2012	Left-wing to far-left
	Millat Party ملت پارٹی Nation Party	MP		1997	2004		Farooq Leghari
	Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London متحدہ قومی موومنٹ لندن Muttaḥidah Qọ̄mī Mūwmaṅṫ United National Movement – London	MQM-L		1984	2025	Center-left to centre	Altaf Hussain
	Muslim League مسلم لیگ মুসলিম লীগ	ML		1947	1958	Big tent	Muhammad Ali Jinnah
	National Awami Party نیشنل عوامی پارٹی ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি	NAP		1957	1962	Left-wing	Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
	National Awami Party (Wali) نیشنل عوامی پارٹی (ولي) National People's Party (Wali)	NAP-W		1967	1986	Left-wing	Khan Abdul Wali Khan
	National Peoples Party نیشنل پیپلز پارٹی	NPP		1986	2018		Mustafa Jatoi
	National Workers Party نیشنل ورکرز پارٹی	NWP		1999	2010	Left-wing	Abid Hassan Minto
	Pakistan Democratic Party پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی	PDP		1967	2012		Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
	Pakistan Hindu Party پاکستان ہندو پارٹی	PHP		1990			Rana Chandra Singh
	Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party پاکستان مزدور کسان پارٹی Pakistan Labourers and Farmers Party	PMKP		1974	2015		Afzal Shah Khamosh
	Pakistan Muslim League پاکستان مسلم لیگ	PML		1962[i] 1969[j] 1977[k]	1969[i] 1977[j] 1985[k]		Ayub Khan
	Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (جناح)	PML-J		1995	2004		Manzoor Wattoo
	Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) پاکستان مسلم ليگ (قيوم)	PML-Qy		1970	1993		Abdul Qayyum Khan
	Pakistan Peoples Muslim League پاکستان پیپلز مسلم لیگ	PPML		2009	2013		Arbab Ghulam Rahim
	Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (Patriots)	PPP-PP		2002	2017		Rao Sikander Iqbal Faisal Saleh Hayat
	Pakistan Socialist Party پاکستان سوشلسٹ پارٹی	PSP		1948	1958	Left-wing
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai)[l] پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف (گلالئی) Pakistan Movement for Justice (Gulalai)	PTI-G		2018	2023		Ayesha Gulalai
	Pak Sarzameen Party پاک سر زمین پارٹی Pure Homeland Party	PSP		2016	2023	Centre-left	Mustafa Kamal
	Pukhtoonkhwa Mazdoor Kissan Party پختونخواہ مزدور کسان پارٹی Pakhtunkhwa Labourers and Farmers Party	PkMKP		1979	1989		Sher Ali Bacha[25]
	Qaumi Inqilabi Party قومی الانقلابی پارٹی National Revolutionary Party	QIP		1987		Left-wing
	Republican Party ریپبلکن پارٹی	RP		1955	1958	Centre-right	Feroz Khan Noon
	Sindh Awami Ittehad سندھ عوامي اتحاد سنڌ عوامي اتحاد Sindh People's Alliance	SAI		2012	2017		Liaquat Ali Jatoi
	Sindh Hari Committee سنڌ هاري ڪاميٽي Sindh Farmer Committee	SHC		1930		Left-wing	G. M. Syed
	Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz سندھ مہاجر پنجابی پٹھان متحدہ محاذ Sindh Muhajir Punjabi Pashtun United Front	SMPPMM		1969			Nawab Muzaffar Khan[26]
	Sindh National Front سندھ نیشنل فرنٹ سنڌ نيشنل فرنٽ	SNF		1989	2017		Mumtaz Bhutto
	Tehreek-e-Istiqlal تحریک استقلال Solidarity Movement	TI		1970	2012		Asghar Khan
	Tehreek-e-Jafaria تحریک جعفریہ پاکستان Movement for Shia Law	TJ		1979		Far-right	Arif Hussain Hussaini
	Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan تحریک تحفظ پاکستان Movement for the Protection of Pakistan	TTP		2012	2013	Centre	Abdul Qadeer Khan
	Workers Party Pakistan ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان	WPP		2010	2012	Far-left	Abid Hassan Minto

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Date of foundation	Political position	Leader(s)
	Mazdoor Kisan Party مزدور کسان پارٹی Workers and Peasants Party	MKP		1968	Far-left	Afzal Shah Khamosh[27]
	Pakistan Christian Congress پاکستان کرسچین کانگریس	PCC		1985	Centre-right	Nazir S Bhatti
	Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party سنڌ ترقي پسند پارٽي سندھ ترقی پسند پارٹی Sindh Progressive Party	STP		1991	Left-wing	Qadir Magsi
	Pakistan Green Party پاکستان گرین پارٹی	PGP		2002	Green	Liaquat Ali Shaikh
	Communist Party of Pakistan کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان	CPP		1948	Far-left	Jameel Ahmad Malik[28]
	Pakistan Social Democratic Party پاکستان سوشل ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی	PSDP		2002	Centre-left	Mujeeb ur Rehman Kiani
	Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem) کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان (تھہیم)	CPP		2002	Far-left	Khadim Thaheem[29]
	Bahawalpur National Awami Party بہاولپور نیشنل عوامی پارٹی Bahawalpur National People's Party	BNAP		2010		Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi
	Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement	GBUM		—	—	—
	All Pakistan Minorities Alliance آل پاکستان اقلیتی اتحاد	APML				Paul Bhatti
	Pakistan Republic Party پاکستان ریپبلک پارٹی	PRP		2025	Centre-left	Reham Khan
	Pakistan Rights Movement پاکستان رائٹس موومنٹ	PRM		2026		Mushtaq Ahmed Khan
	Awaam Raj Tehreek عوام راج تحریک	ARP		2026	Centre Centre-right	Iqrar Ul Hassan

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