The National Peoples Party (NPP) (Urdu: نیشنل پیپلز پارٹی) was a political party in Pakistan most active in the province of Sindh and southern parts of Punjab. It was founded in 1986 by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi after falling out with Benazir Bhutto and leaving her Pakistan Peoples Party.
In the 2008 Pakistani general elections the party managed to win only one seat in the National Assembly. Ghulam Mustafa's son Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi won election in NA-211 Naushahro Feroze-I, holding the seat won in 2002 elections by Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jatoi under the National Alliance banner. The party also won 3 provincial seats, all in the Sindh province.
In May 2013, the party merged with the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
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