Pakistan Muslim League
Right-wing political parties in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Muslim League (Pakistan).
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]
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Pakistan Muslim League پاکستان مسلم لیگ | |
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Abbreviation | PML |
Historical leaders | Nurul Amin Pir Pagarah VII Abdul Qayyum Khan |
Founder | Ayub Khan (1962)[1] |
Founded | 1962; 62 years ago (1962) |
Preceded by | ML |
Ideology | Conservatism (Pakistan) Pakistani nationalism Factions: Pro-presidentialism Pro-parliamentarism |
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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.