Political Parties Panjgur
On the basis of 1997 elections, the major political parties in Panjgur 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 the Balochistan Assembly seat from Panjgur and won the recently held elections (1997) for the National Assembly from this area. Other political parties are Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) which do not have much public support. The major regional parties have a nationalist political ideology. JUI is a rightist party with its emphasis on Islamic system of governance.
None of these parties have women wings. However these parties do have a few 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. The political parties in the district do not have labour wings but these parties support various workers’ unions in government organisations.