Awami League (Pakistan)
Awami League, known as Awami Muslim League before 1955, was a East Pakistan-based Pakistani political party founded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in February 1950. Pir of Manki Sharif and Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) joined it soon afterwards.
Awami League عوامی لیگ (Urdu) আওয়ামী লীগ (Bengali) | |
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| Abbreviation | AL |
| Historical leader(s) | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Founder | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| Founded | 23 June 1949 |
| Dissolved | 26 March 1971 |
| Split from | ML |
| Succeeded by | AL |
| Headquarters | Dacca, East Pakistan |
| Newspaper | Ittefaq |
| Ideology | Bengali nationalism (after 1966) Socialism Democratic socialism Factions: Islamic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Green |
| Party flag | |
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