Pakistan Muslim League

Pakistan Muslim League

پاکستان مسلم لیگ
Pakistan Muslim League پاکستان مسلم لیگ
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The Pakistan Muslim League (

Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Muslim League (a different party) was the party of Pakistan’s founders. But it faced multiple fractures soon after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. It vanished in the 1970s. Its revival began in the mid-1980s and today several parties in Pakistan are named Muslim League.

History

First phase (1962–1969)

The first "Pakistan" Muslim League was founded by

right-wing political veteran, attempted to reunite the factions of Pakistan Muslim League. His efforts were supported by some, while opposed by others. Before the 1970 Elections, a senior leader of Council Muslim League, Abdul Qayyum Khan formed his own variant of the Muslim League that opposed cooperation with a party that once supported a Dictator. In 1973, Amin's efforts succeeded and the Functional Muslim League

(PML-F) was founded.

Second phase (1969–1977)

After the resignation of President Ayub Khan, Pakistan Muslim League once again united under the leadership of the conservative political veteran, Nurul Amin. Although they were closer ideologically, they were not ready to accept each other's domination. This is the reason that they competed against each other in 1970 elections.

Following the death of Nurul Amin, the PML went into political abyss but made its notable comeback in a direct response to

Shujat Hussain, and intelligentsia that included lawyers, Fida Mohammad and Javed Hashmi

.

Efforts of Pir Pagara assimilated of majority of the factions of the Pakistan Muslim League, in a bid to mount a strong opposition to the leftist

Pakistan Peoples Party

(PPP) in the 1970s. It may be noted that all factions will continue to hold their individual identities, as the PML was treated as a platform for parties to come together.

Third phase (1977–1985)

In 1977 Martial Law,

Muhammad Khan Junejo as the new Prime Minister. Junejo, with a large group of pro-Zia conservatives founded an entirely new party by the name of Pakistan Muslim League. Junejo however soon started to lose the support of party due to his opposition to Zia. Meanwhile, other influential politicians like Nawaz Sharif and Fida Mohammad Khan

started to gain power.

After the

Death of Zia-ul-Haq in 1988, democracy returned and new 1988 Pakistani general election elections were supposed to be held. Junejo split away from the party and formed Pakistan Muslim League (J). Meanwhile, Fida became the party chairman and Sharif the General-Secretary. Pakistan Muslim League allied with Jamaat-e-Islami and other right-wing parties to form the Islamic Democratic Alliance

against the left-wing PPP. This event marked the end of the Pakistan Muslim League.

The Pakistan Muslim League formally dissolved alongside other parties following the

1999 Coup, PML-N went into a temporary decline and three new factions of Pakistan Muslim League were founded: Anti-Musharraf PML (Zia), Pro-Musharraf conservative Awami Muslim League and Pro-Musharraf liberal Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

(PML-Q).

In 2004, the PML-Q and the PML-F briefly reunited as the Pakistan Muslim League. However, the reunion was unsuccessful and within few days, both the parties went off in separate directions once again.

List of breakaway factions

References

^ ^a ^b "The Muslim League: A factional history". 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (31 July 2014). "Various shades of green: An ideological history of the Muslim League". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "The Muslim Leagues of Pakistan". Daily Times. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[The_Muslim_League:_A_factional_history-1] "The Muslim League: A factional history". 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[2] Paracha, Nadeem F. (31 July 2014). "Various shades of green: An ideological history of the Muslim League". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[3] "The Muslim Leagues of Pakistan". Daily Times. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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