Combined Opposition Parties
Combined Opposition Parties | |
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| Abbreviation | COP |
| Leader | Fatima Jinnah |
| Founder | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| Merger of | Council Muslim League Awami League National Awami Party National Awami Party (Wali) Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Nizam-e-Islam Party |
| Ideology | Parliamentary democracy Progressivism Feminism Anti-Ayub Khan |
| Political position | Big tent |
The Combined Opposition Parties (COP) was a Pakistani coalition of 6-13 political parties founded in 1965, to run in the 1965 presidential, and general election against field marshal Ayub Khan and his authoritarian regime.
The COP was founded in attempt to challenge the controversial leader Ayub Khan in the then upcoming election. The COP accused Ayub Khan of bad governance and being anti-democratic. The COP advocated for an end to the martial law which had been imposed by Ayub Khan since 1958.