Combined Opposition Parties

Combined Opposition Parties
Combined Opposition Parties
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 Anti-Ayub Khan
Political position	Big tent
	Politics of Pakistan; Political parties; Elections;

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 Muhammad 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.

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