Awami Muslim League Pakistan

Awami Muslim League Pakistan (Urdu: عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان) is a Pakistani political party formed in June 2008 by Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad.^[3] The party tends to have close relations with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.^[4]

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Awami Muslim League Pakistan عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان

Abbreviation	AML
President	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed
Founder	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Split from	PML(Q)
Headquarters	Central Secretariat, Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Ideology	Islamism Conservatism (Pakistani)^[1] Mass politics Populism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Green and white
Election symbol
Inkpot with Pen^[2]
Party flag

Website
www.aml.org.pk
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Former party

This was also the name of the political party founded by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and which later evolved into the Awami League, the party that, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (himself a former aide to Suharwardy).^{[citation needed]}

The All Pakistan Awami Muslim League was formed as a breakaway faction of the "All Pakistan Muslim League" in 1949, within two years of the formation of Pakistan. Two parties of the same name were created in Pakistan. The East Pakistan Awami Muslim League formed by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, which later became Awami League The word Muslim was dropped in 1953.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

This constituency of Rawalpindi tends to be the primary electoral seat for AML leader, Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad since 1988. He won 6 consecutive elections from this area. Ahmad was elected as an Independent candidate from this constituency receiving 60,649 votes in 2002 Pakistani general election.^[5]^[6] He lost to Javed Hashmi in 2008.^[7] He then again lost in the by-elections to PML-N's Shakeel Awan after tight contest, held in 2010.^[8] In 2013 general elections, he defeated Shakeel Awan.^[6]

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National Assembly
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2013	93,046	0.20%	1 / 342	1
2018	119,362	0.22%	1 / 342
2024	9,259	0.02%	0 / 336	1

Former party