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The Wali Khan faction of the National Awami Party was formed after the 1967 split in the original NAP between Maulana Bhashani and Khan Wali Khan. The Wali Khan faction was later named National Awami Party (NAP) after the separation of East Pakistan.The NAP was banned twice during its eight-year-long existence the first time under Yahya Khans government in 1971 and the second time in 1975 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government.