The Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) was a political party in Pakistan, founded by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan in June 1967. Nawbzada Nasrullah Khan led the party until his death in 2003. 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.
Electoral history
At the legislative elections held on 20 October 2002, the party won 0.29% of the popular vote.
National Assembly elections
{| class="wikitable"
|+National Assembly
!Election
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|1970
|737,958
|2.24%
|
| 1
|-
|1988
|80,473
|0.40%
|
| 1
|-
|1990
|51,645
|0.24%
|
| 1
|-
|1997
|47,153
|0.24%
|
|
|-
|2002
|83,976
|0.29%
|
|
|-
|2008
|64, 505
|0.19%
|
|
|}
Leadership
- Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry
- Nawaz Gondal, chairman of the party
- Basharat Mirza, vice-president
- Asghar Khan, Chairman of the Manifesto Committee (1969-70)