Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
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The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group)
Its leadership and members were once part of the
Dissident leader Shujaat Hussain was named party president, and the party's focus turned to drawing in PML-N voters. Further advantage was taken by Musharraf, who granted opportunities to the party with a goal of exclusive support of the government and to diminish the public support of Sharif.
The emergence of PML-N as the largest opposition party after the
In September 2010, PML-Q joined the similar ideological faction,
History
The founder of PML (Q) is
Split from PML-N
PML (Q) started as a small group of half a dozen like-minded people in the Nawaz Sharif-led faction of PML-N, including Azhar, Khurshid Kasuri, Syeda Abida Hussain and her husband Syed Fakhar Imam. Azhar remained party president initially before he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Musharraf asked Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to "galvanise and reinvent the Muslim League". Several well known leaders later joined the PML (Q) while Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was president. PML(Q) launched on 20 August 2002.[10]
Ideology and Vision
Ideology
PML(Q) is usually associated with conservatism and Pakistani nationalism and its stated priorities continue to include transforming Pakistan into a welfare state, promoting Islamizaton within minority rights and egalitarian values, establishing a conservative democracy, maintaining a strong relationship between civilians and military establishment.[11][12]
2002 general elections
During the 20 October 2002 legislative elections, the party won 25.7% votes and 126 out of 342 members.
United PML
In May 2004, various PML factions and other political parties merged with PML-Q to form a united
2008 general elections
The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) contested the
2013 general elections
PML (Q) contested the 2013 election in alliance with PPP. The party won only 2 seats in national assembly, along with 8 seats in Punjab assembly and 4 seats in Balochistan assembly. In Sindh and KPK assemblies, they were shut out, cadging only 3.11% of popular vote, relegating it from number two to number six in terms of votes.
2018 general elections
PML (Q) contested the 2018 election. The party won five seats in national assembly, along with ten seats in Punjab assembly and one seat in KPK assembly.
Electoral history
National Assembly Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
7,500,797 | 25.66% | 105 / 342
|
105 | Coalition Government |
2008 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
7,962,473 | 22.97% | 54 / 342
|
51 | Opposition (till 25 June 2012) |
Coalition Partner (from 25 June 2012) | ||||||
2013 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
1,409,905 | 3.11% | 2 / 342
|
52 | Opposition |
2018 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
1,017,408 | 2.97% | 5 / 342
|
3 | Coalition Partner (till 11 April 2022) |
Opposition (from 11 April 2022) |
- PML(Q) later formed a coalition with ruling PPP in 2012.
- In 2018, PML(Q) formed a coalition with ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[16]
Senate Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 20 / 100
|
20 | Coalition Government |
2009 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 21 / 100
|
1 | Opposition |
2012 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 4 / 100
|
17 | Coalition Government |
2021 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 1 / 100
|
1 | Coalition Government |
Punjab Assembly Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
6,144,813 | 33.33% | 129 / 297
|
129 | Government |
2008 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
5,837,922 | 28.21% | 79 / 371
|
50 | Opposition |
2013 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
1,377,130 | 4.94% | 8 / 371
|
71 | Opposition |
2018 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
392,419 | 1.19% | 10 / 371
|
2 | Coalition Government |
Sindh Assembly Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
543,590 | 9% | 11 / 130
|
11 | Coalition Government |
2008 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
1,098,754 | 12.91% | 9 / 130
|
2 | Opposition |
2013 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
1,377,130 | 4.94% | 1 / 130
|
8 | Opposition |
2018 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 0 / 130
|
1 | - |
Balochistan Assembly Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
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2002 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
219,026 | 19.30% | 11 / 51
|
11 | Government |
2008 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
437,719 | 33.05% | 16 / 50
|
5 | Opposition |
2013 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
53,297 | 4.15% | 5 / 50
|
11 | Opposition* |
2018 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 0 / 51
|
5 | - |
- In March 2018, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo of PML(Q) was elected as Chief Minister after a successful no-confidence motion against then-CM Sana Ullah Zehri of PML(N).
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Elections
Election | Presiding chair of the party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
435,444 | 14.49% | 7 / 124
|
6 | Opposition |
2008 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
440,518 | 12.9% | 6 / 124
|
1 | Opposition |
2013 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 0 / 124
|
5 | - |
2018 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
- | - | 1 / 145
|
1 | Non-Aligned |
'Like-minded group' break away
A rift within party leadership emerged with a faction calling themselves the 'Like-minded' bloc, who opposed the Chaudhry's of Gujrat leadership bid.
The new faction announced that Hamid Nasir Chattha would be the chairman, Salim Saifullah the president, and Humayun Akhtar Khan the secretary general. Other prominent leaders to join this parallel set-up includes (former foreign ministers) Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (appointed as chairman of the steering committee) former information and organising secretary PML-Q Azeem Chaudhary, former member National Assembly Asiya Azeem, Gohar Ayub Khan and Kashmala Tariq.[17][18]
In February 2010, the mainstream PML-Q was further affected by the resignation of
Alliances
Party President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and
Shujaat Hussain's father
However, he developed differences with the PML-Q and remained inactive in politics for some time and later supported Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Islamization policies. Once the establishment parted ways with Nawaz Sharif in 1999, Hussain and Zahoor came to the rescue of stability and saw their new party PML (Q) win the general elections of 2002. Both the Chaudhry brothers were accused of financial scandals, including the Cooperative Scandal, sugar scandal and bank loan defaults, but none of them were ever proven or even pursued by the government. Nowadays, the Q-league has been reduced to a minor party as their vote-bank has been devoured by both Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[20]
Party leadership
As of 2024,
Prominent leaders of PMLQ are as below:
Name | Office/Designation |
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Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain | President[22] |
Ayesha Gulalai Wazir | President PML Punjab[23] |
Tariq Bashir Cheema | Secretary General
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Chaudhry Salik Hussain | Senior Vice-President |
Electoral history
National Assembly elections
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Shujaat Hussain
|
7,500,797 | 25.7% | 142 / 342
|
142 |
2008 | Shujaat Hussain
|
8,007,218 | 23.12% | 60 / 341
|
78 |
2013 | Shujaat Hussain
|
1,409,905 | 3.11% | 2 / 342
|
58 |
2018 | Shujaat Hussain
|
1,017,408 | 2.97% | 5 / 342
|
3 |
2024 | Shujaat Hussain
|
1,317,408 | 2.12% | 5 / 342
|
0 |
See also
See also
- Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- Awami Muslim League
- All Pakistan Muslim League
- Pakistan Muslim League (Functional)
- Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)
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The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group), also known as PML (Q) is a centrist political party.
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Further reading
- "The Pakistan Muslim League-Q - from Musharraf backers to PPP ally". Radio France Internationale. 28 April 2013.