Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement


The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement was an alliance of several nationalist parties in Pakistan: Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party, Awami Tehreek, Balochistan [National Party (Mengal)], Pashtunkhwa [Milli Awami Party], Seraiki movement etc.
Prominent leaders of PONM were Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Mehmood [Khan Achakzai], Rasool [Bux Palijo], Dr. Qadir Magsi, Syed [Jalal Mehmood Shah] and other Sindhi, Baluch, Pashtun and Seraiki ethnic nationalists. Although it was not a political party, but a grouping of ethnic nationalist parties, they support each other's candidates in election. They constitute a large group in Balochistan provisional assembly, where they have won a total of ten out of sixty-six seats. It is present in Sindh as well, but was more popular in Balochistan.