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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Please consult the attached excerpt of the
1984 edition of Political Parties of the World for
historical information on the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA). On
whether the PNA was a forerunner of the Pakistan Muslim League
(PML), please note that the PNA was founded in 1977 (Political
Parties of the World 1984, 348), while the PML came into
existence in 1962 as the successor to the pre-independence
All-India Muslim League (Political Handbook of the World
1994-1995 1994, 666). In a book published in 1989, one
specialist on Pakistani affairs stated that "the rump of the PNA,
along with the PPP, formed the Movement of the Restoration of
Democracy" in 1981 (Duncan 1989, 70). In addition, compendiums on
world political parties published since 1984, which are currently
available to the DIRB, do not provide any information on the
PNA.
For information on factions within the
Pakistan Muslim League and on political parties supported by each
faction, please consult the attached excerpt of Political
Handbook of the World 1994-1995. According to a Reuters
article, a group of the Pakistan Muslim league associated with
Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is ruling Pakistan
with the help of a group of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), while
the main faction of the PML is led by opposition leader Nawaz
Sharif (Reuters 20 Dec. 1994).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Political Parties of the World.
1984. 2nd ed. Compiled and edited by Alan J. Day and Henry W.
Degenhardt. Harlow, Essex: Longman Group Limited.
Political Handbook of the World
1994-1995. 1994. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
Publications.
Duncan, Emma. 1989. Breaking the
Curfew: A Political Journey Through Pakistan. London: Penguin
Group.
Reuters. 20 December 1994. BC Cycle.
Raja Asghar. "Bhutto Expands Cabinet After Key Minister Resigns."
(NEXIS)
Duncan, Emma. 1989. Breaking the
Curfew: A Political Journey Through Pakistan. London: Penguin
Group, pp. 66-71.
Political Handbook of the World
1994-1995. 1994. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
Publications, p. 665-66.
Political Parties of the World.
1984. 2nd ed. Compiled and edited by Alan J. Day and Henry W.
Degenhardt. Harlow, Essex: Longman Group Limited, pp. 348-50.
Reuters. 20 December 1994. BC Cycle.
Raja Asghar. "Bhutto Expands Cabinet After Key Minister Resigns."
(NEXIS)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Material from the Indexed Media
Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports
from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the
Weekly Media Review.