Awami National Party (ANP) Flag

Facts about the Flag of Awami National Party (ANP) Flag

1. The flag of the Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist party in Pakistan whose red field recalls the Red Shirt movement.
2. The flag belongs to Awami National Party. It is used in Pakistan, principally Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
3. It was founded in 1986 by Abdul Wali Khan.
4. It is based in Peshawar.
5. The flag was adopted in 1986.
6. The design is 40 years old as of 2026.
7. Construction: Plain red field.
8. It is normally drawn to a ratio of 2:3, which makes it rectangular.
9. The flag uses a single colour: red.
10. The red stands for the party colour, drawn from the Khudai Khidmatgar movement.
11. Plain red: The Surkh Posh, or Red Shirts, of Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
12. The party traces its politics to the non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement of Bacha Khan, whose followers were known as the Red Shirts — which is why the flag is plain red.
13. It is filed here under Political Party Flags, one of the categories of flag that belong to no country.