Pakistan Democratic Party

The Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) was a political party in Pakistan, founded by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan in June 1967.^[2][3] Nawbzada Nasrullah Khan led the party until his death in 2003.^[4][5] After Nawab's death, the party's leadership was later taken by his son Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan; the party later merged with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2012.^[5][6][7] It was a major rival during Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf's presidency due to its affiliation with Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) led by its chief Nawbzada Nasrullah Khan along with PML-N and PPP which was created to campaign for Pakistan’s return to civilian rule after the 1999 military coup led by General Musharraf and was reported to include over a dozen political parties.^[8][9]

Pakistan Democratic Party پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی
Abbreviation	PDP
Chairman	Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan
Secretary-General	Nawaz Gondal
Vice President	Basharat Mirza
Senior Leader	Arshad Chaudhary
Founder	Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
Founded	June 1967 (1967-06)
Dissolved	2012 (2012)
Merged into	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
National affiliation	ARD
Election symbol
Umbrella[1]
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Electoral history

At the legislative elections held on 20 October 2002, the party won 0.29% of the popular vote.

National Assembly elections

National Assembly

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
1970	737,958	2.24%	1 / 313	1
1988	80,473	0.40%	1 / 237	1
1990	51,645	0.24%	0 / 237	1
1997	47,153	0.24%	0 / 237
2002	83,976	0.29%	0 / 342
2008	64, 505	0.19%	0 / 342

Leadership

• Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry^[10]
• Nawaz Gondal,^[11][10] secretary general
• Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan,^[12] chairman of the party
• Basharat Mirza,^[5][13] vice-president
• Asghar Khan, Chairman of the Manifesto Committee (1969-70)^[14][15][16]