Left Democratic Front (Pakistan)

{{Short description|Pakistani ten-party political alliance}}

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{{Infobox political party

|name=Left Democratic Front

|native_name=لیفٹ ڈیموکریٹک فرنٹ

|native_name_lang=ud

|logo=

|colorcode=red

|abbreviation=LDF

|president=Akhtar Hussain

|secretary_general=Taimur Rahaman

|founded={{start date|2017}}

|headquarters=Islamabad

|ideology=Communism

|position=Left-wing to far-left

|colors=Red

|country=Pakistan

|flag=South Asian Communist Banner.svg

}}

Left Democratic Front (Urdu: لیفٹ ڈیموکریٹک فرنٹ) is a political front comprising 10 left parties in Pakistan.{{Cite web|title=10 left wing parties forge alliance|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/262323-10-left-wing-parties-forge-alliance|access-date=2023-09-23|website=thenews.com.pk|language=en|date=2017-12-30}}{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2017-12-30|title=10 'left-wing' parties join hands to cobble alliance|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1379712|access-date=2023-09-23|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|language=en}}

Constituents

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!Ideology

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|Communist Party of Pakistan

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism

style="background:{{party color|Mazdoor Kisan Party}};"|

|Mazdoor Kisan Party

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism

style="background:{{party color|Awami Workers Party}};"|

|Awami Workers Party

|Democratic socialism
Progressivism

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|Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz

|Hoxhaism

style="background:{{party color|Baloch National Movement}};"|

|Baloch National Movement

|Baloch nationalism

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|Pakistan Trade Unions Defence Campaign

|Trade unionism
Labourism

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|Awami Jamhoori Party

|

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|Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Khalid Junejo)

|Sindhi nationalism

style="background:#E6111D;"|

|JK Peoples' National Party

|

style="background:#FF0018;"|

|JK Awami Workers Party

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See also

References