Pakistan elections 2024: Which are the major political parties?
Al Jazeera
From the left to the right, mapping the major stakeholders in the general election on February 8.
On Thursday, Pakistan, a nation of nearly 250 million people, will vote to elect a national government and members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
The vote comes amid a crackdown on former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and a fluid political climate.
Like most major democracies, Pakistan’s political parties span a spectrum of ideologies.
Here are the country’s major parties — including those that have been in power nationally, others that have significant regional or local influence and still others that are smaller yet reflect the diverse issues and challenges that Pakistan confronts.
