The Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) is a Pakistani political party. It was founded by Aleem Khan and Jahangir Tareen on 8 June 2023. It was registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on 5 October 2023.
The IPP emerged as the sixth-largest party in the 2024 general election, winning three seats in the National Assembly. It is also the third-largest party in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, winning 7 seats in the 2026 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election.
History Around one hundred leaders from all around Pakistan attended a dinner organized by Aleem Khan and Jahangir Tareen, where it the foundation of the IPP was announced. The party's first leader, Jahangir Tareen, spoke about his goals on the occasion, to "fulfill the teachings of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Fatima Jinnah, Allama Iqbal", ending political and social divisions, and bringing political and economic reforms.
On 18 July 2023, the IPP submitted an application for party registration with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). For the party's electoral symbol, they sought an eagle.
On 5 October 2023, the ECP accepted the application and issued a notification of the IPP's registration. On 26 October, the party was allotted the eagle as their electoral symbol.
2024 election Three candidates of IPP, Aleem Khan, Gul Asghar Khan and Awn Chawdhary, won their respective seats in the National Assembly through the 2024 general election. On 12 February 2024, Jahangir Tareen resigned from the party after losing in the election. Aleem Khan subsequently succeeded him as president and Gul Asghar Khan was appointed the party's chief whip and party president in North Punjab.
Organization On 12 June 2023, Tareen had announced Aleem Khan as the first President of the IPP, Aamir Mehmood Kiani as the first Secretary-General, and Awn Chawdhary as the Additional Secretary-General and Spokesperson. Due to Tareen's disqualification by the courts, he is unable to hold any official post in the IPP, but he has been regarded as the "patron-in-chief" of the party. OfficeIncumbentLeaderAleem KhanSecretary-GeneralMian Khalid MehmoodAdditional Secretary-GeneralAwn ChawdharySpokespersonChief Whip and President of North PunjabGul Asghar KhanPresident of Sindh ChapterWahid Ali Khan
Leadership in Punjab On 12 August 2023, Aamir Mehmood Kiani, the party's Secretary-General announced the heads of divisional organizations across the province of Punjab. DivisionPresidentGeneral Secretary Lahore DivisionMurad RaasMian Khalid MehmoodFaisalabad DivisionMuhammad Waris AzizMian Kashif AshfaqGujranwala DivisionRana Umar Nazir KhanMamoon Jaffar TararSahiwal DivisionNouraiz ShakoorDewan AkhlaqBahawalpur DivisionMakhdoom Syed Iftikhar Hassan GillaniTehseen GardeziSargodha DivisionChaudhry Faisal Farooq CheemaAmeer Haider Sangha
Ideology The IPP has advocated for the establishment of an "Islamic society". Economic policies
The IPP policies include centrism conservatism, and most importantly, fiscal conservatism. Throughout its history, the IPP has emphasised the role of free markets and individual achievement as the primary factors behind economic prosperity, deregulation of all segments of the economic order, and the strong base of capitalism. In 2023, the IPP's government established the National Highway Authority followed by inaugurating the M2 Motorways in 2023.
The IPP generally opposes labour union management and large-scale workers' unions. The party holds that "prosperous agriculture is the backbone of national prosperity and diversification of the rural economy, by expanding non-farm rural employment, is critical for the alleviation of poverty". During its federal government, the IPP successfully privatised the major heavy industries under its planned industrial development programme.
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