Pakistan People's Party

Social-democratic political party in Pakistan

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2024 Punjab Assembly elections with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as party chairperson, with voting details yet to be determined, but expected to win 10 seats.
2024 PPP maintained its 3rd position in the National Assembly of Pakistan, repeating its 2018 electoral performance.
2024 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari continues to lead PPP, winning 13.92% of votes and 19 seats in national elections.
March 9 2024 Asif Ali Zardari elected as President of Pakistan, becoming the 4th President from the Pakistan People's Party
March 9 2024 Asif Ali Zardari elected as President of the Pakistan People's Party, continuing as the incumbent leader
2021 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari leads the Pakistan People's Party in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections, winning 8 seats with 18.28% of the votes.
2021 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari continues to lead the Pakistan People's Party in the Senate of Pakistan Elections.
2020 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari led the Pakistan People's Party in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Elections, winning 4 seats.
2018 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari takes over as Party chairperson, leading the Pakistan People's Party in the Senate of Pakistan Elections, with the party winning 6 seats.
2018 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari leads the party in the election, winning 13.03% of votes and 12 seats.
2018 In a historic first, PPP was unable to form the government or emerge as the largest opposition party.
2018 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari leads the party in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections, winning 596,816 votes (9.04%).
January 2017 Former federal minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat rejoined the Pakistan Peoples Party, effectively ending the PPPPP after 14 years, reuniting with the original party he had previously split from in 2002.
2016 Pakistan People's Party wins 18 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections, securing 21.2% of the votes.
2015 Pakistan People's Party contested the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Elections, receiving 69,216 votes (18.26%) and winning 19 seats.
2014 Labour leader Safdar Ali Abbasi forms the Workers faction within the party, expressing disagreement with the party's fiscal policy.
September 19 2014 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), led a convention in Multan, Punjab, where he publicly declared the party's commitment to reclaiming Kashmir, pledging to support the Kashmiri freedom struggle both morally and diplomatically.
2013 Raja Pervaiz Ashraf's term as Prime Minister ends after 9 months and 2 days
2013 Asif Ali Zardari led the party in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections, securing 14 seats with 8.82% of the votes.
2013 Punjab Assembly elections with Asif Ali Zardari as party chairperson, winning 8.84% of votes and 99 seats.
2013 Asif Ali Zardari leads the party in Sindh Assembly elections, securing 32.63% of votes and gaining 1 seat.
2013 PPP conceded defeat in the general election, losing significant support in Punjab Province while retaining its provincial government in Sindh.
2012 Zulfiqar Mirza, a powerful PPP leader, quits the party due to disagreements with Asif Zardari's leadership and policies, particularly regarding dealings with the MQM in Sindh.
2012 Asif Ali Zardari continues as Party chairperson, leading the Pakistan People's Party in the Senate of Pakistan Elections, with the party securing 14 seats.
August 2012 President Asif Ali Zardari publicly presented the Nishan-e-Imtiaz to Munir Ahmad Khan in a ceremony of political rehabilitation.
June 22 2012 PPP nominated Raja Pervez Ashraf, who was elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.
2011 PPP sacks Mahmood Qureshi over the Raymond Davis incident in Lahore, leading to his defection to PTI. Simultaneously, leftist leader Malik Ali Khan resigns, citing disagreement with President Zardari's leadership and party alliances.
2011 Asif Ali Zardari leads the Pakistan People's Party in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections.
2011 Pakistan People's Party was expelled from the coalition government with PML (N) due to corruption allegations.
April 2010 President Zardari voluntarily surrendered his political and presidential powers to Prime Minister Gillani through the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.

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