Political Parties Kech
On basis of the 1997 elections, the major political parties in Kech include Balochistan National Movement (BNM), Balochistan National Party (BNP), and Jamiat Ulma-i-Islam (JUI). Balochistan National Party is a recently incepted party through merger of Balochistan National Movement (Mengal group) and Pakistan National Party (Bizinjo and Lehri groups). This party has won all the 3 Balochistan Assembly seats from Kech and has taken lead in recently held elections (1997) for the National Assembly from this area. Other political parties are Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamat-e-Islami (JI), but they do not have much public support. The major parties, except JUI, have a nationalist political ideology, while JUI is a rightist party with its emphasis on the Islamic system of governance.
None of these parties have their women wings although these parties have some active women supporters. Students’ wings of these parties, specially Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) and Jamiat Tulaba-i-Islam (JTI) are very much active and also play a role in political activities of their parent organisations. The political parties have exploited the students politics to accomplish their vested interests, but this practice has severely deteriorated the standard of education and discipline in the educational institutions. The political parties in the district do not have their labour wings, but they support various workers’ unions in government organisations.