People's Justice Party (UK)
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This article is about the People's Justice Party (UK). For the Malaysian political party of the same name, see People's Justice Party (Malaysia).
The People's Justice Party (PJP) was a political party in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2006. It began in 1998 growing out of a protest movement Justice for Kashmir, which first gave rise to the Justice Party and then the People's Justice Party.[1]
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Abbreviation | PJP |
Leader | Shaukat Ali Khan (in Birmingham City Council) |
Founded | 1998 (1998) |
Dissolved | March 2006 (2006-03) |
Preceded by | Justice for Kashmir Justice Party |
Succeeded by | Many members joined the Liberal Democrats |
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The PJP was centered in Birmingham, where it took City Council seats from the long-dominant Labour Party, drawing its support from Birmingham's Kashmiri population; there were some 90,000 residents of Azad Kashmiri descent in Birmingham in this period.[1]