:Pakistan Democratic Party

{{Short description|Political party in Pakistan}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Pakistan Democratic Party

| abbr = PDP

| native_name = پاکستان جمہوری پارٹی

| native_name_lang = ur

| colorcode = {{party color|Pakistan Democratic Party}}

| chairman = Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan

| secretary_general = Nawaz Gondal

| leader1_title = Vice President

| leader1_name = Basharat Mirza

| leader2_title = Senior Leader

| leader2_name = Arshad Chaudhary

| founder = Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan

| founded = {{start date|1967|06}}

| dissolved = {{end date|2012}}

| merged = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

| national = ARD

| symbol = Umbrella{{Cite news|date=20 August 2002|title=Allotment of election symbols complete: PPP given arrow, PML gets tiger|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/53419/allotmentof-election-symbols-complete-ppp-given-arrow-pml-gets-tiger|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}}
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| country = Pakistan

}}

The Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) was a political party in Pakistan, founded by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan in June 1967.{{Cite news|date=31 March 2019|title=The endgame of a dictator|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/567513-endgame-dictator|access-date=31 August 2021|work=The News International|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/List%20of%20Political%20Parties%20with%20Leaders%20Name%20and%20Addresses.pdf |title=List of Political Parties as exist on Our Record (as on 2012)|publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan|access-date=31 August 2021}} Nawbzada Nasrullah Khan led the party until his death in 2003.{{Cite news|date=4 August 2002|title=Nasrullah re-elected PDP chief|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/51078/nasrullah-re-elected-pdp-chief|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}} After Nawab's death, the party's leadership was later taken by his son Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan; the party later merged with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2012.{{Cite news|date=13 October 2003|title=Mansoor elected PDP chief|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/119847/mansoor-elected-pdp-chief|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}}{{cite news|date=18 March 2012|title=PDP chief to announce merger with PTI|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/18/pdp-chief-to-announce-merger-with-pti/|work=Pakistan Today}}{{Cite news|date=19 March 2012|title=Hashmi made PTI president|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/703991/hashmi-made-pti-president|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}} It was a major rival during Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf's presidency due to its affiliation with Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) led by its chief Nawbzada Nasrullah Khan along with PML-N and PPP which was created to campaign for Pakistan’s return to civilian rule after the 1999 military coup led by General Musharraf and was reported to include over a dozen political parties.{{Cite news|date=8 August 2002|title=Leaders busy in personal rather than parties' campaigns|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/60799/leaders-busy-in-personal-rather-than-parties-campaigns|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}}{{Cite news|date=26 October 2003|title=PESHAWAR: ARD calls for president's election under Constitution|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/121662/peshawar-ard-calls-for-president-s-election-under-constitution|access-date=31 August 2021|work=Dawn|language=en}}