- Tehrik-e-Istiqlal
Tehrik-e-Istiqlal (
Urdu : تحریک استقلال ) is a political party inPakistan . It was formed byAir Marshal Retd. Asghar Khan in 1970. Asghar Khan has retired from the post of President of the party and is currently headed by Syed Nusrat Ali Shah former Member of National Assembly from Sargodha.See also
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Politics of Pakistan
*History of Pakistan In 1979 Tehrik-i-Istiqlal was in position to grab the power through winning the elections announced by Gen. Zia,large number of big political figures of current politics were active members of Tehrik-i-Istiqlal including
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ,Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri ,Wazir Ali ,Asif Fasihuddin Wardag ,Atzaz Ahsan ,Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed ,Makhdoom Javed Hashmi ,Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti ,Mushahid Hussain Syed ,Mehnaz Rafi ,Raja Nadir Pervez ,Gohar Ayub Khan ,Nisar Khoro ,Nafees Siddiqui ,Ashraf Liaqat Ali Khan ,Zafar Ali Shah ,Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri ,Dr. Sher Afgan Niazi ,Syeda Abida Hussain & Fakhar Imam and many others. But at last movement Gen. Zia postponed the elections and Asghar Khan remained in house arrest for more than five years. Asghar Khan joined the newly formedMovement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in 1983 and was detained by the government.
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