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Pakistan
Index
The Tehrik-i-Istiqlal (Solidarity Movement) was founded
by
retired Air Marshal Asghar Khan in 1969. The party's aim
was to
provide a vehicle, in the center of the political
spectrum, for
the growing middle class. Although the party acquired
sizable
support among the professional classes, including lawyers
and
doctors, it did not develop significant grassroots
strength. In
an effort to gain increased status, in 1981
Tehrik-i-Istiqlal
joined a number of other parties in the MRD, but it left
the
movement in 1986. Tehrik-i-Istiqlal did not fare well in
the
elections of 1988, and Asghar Khan resigned as the party's
chairman in 1989. In the elections of 1990,
Tehrik-i-Istiqlal
allied itself with the PPP in the Pakistan Democratic
Alliance.
In the elections of 1993, Tehrik-i-Istiqlal won no seats.
Data as of April 1994
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