Meraj Muhammad Khan Afridi (Urdu: معراج محمد خان‎; 20 October 1938 – 21 July 2016),[3] was a Pakistani socialist politician and philosopher. He was noted as one of the key philosopher and founding personality of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and as a major contributor to the initial Left of Centre/Social Democratic so-called the Basic Programme of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He was also founder of Qaumi Mahaz-i-Azadi which he founded after leaving PPP in 1977.