Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
| Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed) (پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض |
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| Leader | Ijaz-ul-Haq |
| Founded | October 2002 |
| Split from | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Headquarters | Bahawalnagar, Punjab |
| Ideology | Pakistani nationalism Conservatism Islamism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Official colors | Green |
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Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed) (Urdu: (پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض) is a right-wing political party in Pakistan formed in 2002. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League, named after General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's military dictator from 1978 to 1988. It was founded by his son, Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, in 2002. With the general elections of 2002, the party won 0.3 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 272 elected members, and merged with the Pervez Musharraf-endorsed Pakistan Muslim League (Q).[1] It gained the federal religious affairs ministry under Ijaz-ul-Haq. After PML-Q was routed following the general elections of 2008, PML-Z separated from the larger Muslim League party in February 2010.
In March, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in Bahawalnagar for Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, upsetting the Pakistan Peoples Party.[2] During the floods of 2010, the party also came to attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of rupees in Southern Punjab.[3] In July, it seemed PML-Zia and PML-Q would reunite following a meeting between Ijaz and Q-League chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain,[4] but in November, PML-Z instead 'assimilated' with other Muslim League factions in a loose alliance called Muttahida Muslim League, brokered by senior politicians Pir Pagara and Zafarullah Khan Jamali. On December 19 2010, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain made contact with Ijaz and both parties' leaders agreed to convene a round-table conference of political parties to cope with national challenges.[5]
On October 9 2011, PML-Zia became the only party to support the PML-N's threatening to dissolve the Punjab Assembly and pre-empt the PPP's expected victory in the 2012 Senate elections.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Mumtaz, Ashraf (May 20, 2004). "Parties to inform EC about merger with PML". Dawn. http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/20/nat1.htm.
- ^ PML-Zia and Pakistan People’s Party clinched PP-284 Bahawalnagar and PP-25 Jafarabad
- ^ PML-Z to distribute relief goods | Pakistan Daily
- ^ PML-Q and PML-Z agree to reunite
- ^ Aaj TV: Altaf, Ejaz-ul-Haq agree to convene round-table conference [1]
- ^ PML-N threatens to dissolve Punjab Assembly
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