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 | Right-wing |
| Colors |
Green |
| National Assembly |
1 / 342 |
| Punjab Assembly |
2 / 371 |
| Election symbol | |
| Helicopter | |
| Website | |
| http://www.pmlzia.com | |
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Politics of Pakistan Political parties Elections | |
Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed) (Urdu: (پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض) is a political party in Pakistan formed in 2002. It is named after General Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's Ex-President from 1978 to 1988. With the general elections of 2002, Ijaz Ul Haq won the National assembly seat, and merged with the Pervez Musharraf-endorsed Pakistan Muslim League (Q).[1] It gained the federal religious affairs ministry under Ijaz. After PML-Q was routed following the general elections of 2008, PML-Z separated from the larger 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]
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.[4] In the general elections in 2013, PML-Z contested two seats and won again from NA-191 Bahawalnagar in the National Assembly, and two seats in the Punjab Assembly. Ijaz's constituency NA-191 recorded the highest voter turnout in the country for 2013.[5]
