Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
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Pakistan Muslim League (Zia),Template:Efn informally referred to as the Zia League,Template:Efn is an Islamist right-wing political party in Pakistan. Named after Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan, the party is headquartered in Bahawalnagar.
The party was founded in 2002 by Zia's son Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq. With the 2002 general elections, Ijaz won his National Assembly seat and merged with the Pervez Musharraf-endorsed Pakistan Muslim League (Q).[1] It gained the federal religious affairs ministry under Haq. After PML-Q was routed following the general elections of 2008, PML-Z separated from the larger party in February 2010.Template:Fact
In March 2010, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in Bahawalnagar for Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, upsetting the Pakistan Peoples Party.[2] During the 2010 Pakistan floods, the party also came to national attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of rupees in Southern Punjab.[3][1]
On 9 October 2011, PML-Zia became the only party to support the PML-N's threat 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. Haq's constituency NA-191 recorded the highest voter turnout in the country for 2013.[5]
On 19 March 2023, party leader Ijaz-ul-Haq along with his party members, joined PTI after meeting with Imran Khan. The PML(Z) was also merged into PTI.[6][7] It was later on 29 May, that he denied the rumours of PML-Z getting merged into PTI.[8][9]
Electoral history
National Assembly elections
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 78,798 | 0.27% | Template:Composition bar | Increase 1 |
| 2013 | 128,510 | 0.28% | Template:Composition bar | Increase 1 |
| 2018 | 1,406 | 0.00% | Template:Composition bar | Decrease 1 |
| 2024 | 110,249 | 0.19% | Template:Composition bar | Increase 1 |
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