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{{short description|Political party in Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
| abbreviation = PML (Q)
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ(ق)}}
| logo = PML-Q Logo.png
| colorcode = lime
| leader =
| chairman = 
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| president = [[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]]
| secretary_general = [[Tariq Bashir Cheema]]
| spokesperson = [[Kamil Ali Agha]]
| founder = [[Mian Muhammad Azhar]]<br>[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]]
| slogan = ''Live, let live... Giving hope to the hopeless''
| founded = {{start date|df=yes|p=y|2002|07|20}}
| dissolved =
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| split = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]]
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| youth_wing = PML Youth Wing
| wing1_title = PML Minorities Wing
| wing1 = Kalpana Devi
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| colors = {{color sample|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}}} lime
| ideology = [[Pakistani nationalism]]<br>[[Liberal conservatism]]<br>[[Conservatism in Pakistan|Conservatism]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[CNN]]|title=Pakistan's political parties explained|date=18 February 2008|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan.parties/index.html}}</ref>
| position = {{nobr|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Gholam Mujtaba |title=The Political Ecology of Pakistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LWF0DwAAQBAJ&q=centrist+PML-Q&pg=PA85 |quote= The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group), also known as PML (Q) is a centrist political party. |date=2018 |page=85 |publisher=FriesenPress}}</ref> to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Al-Jazeera]]|title=Explainer: Pakistan's main political parties|date=6 May 2013|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/5/6/explainer-pakistans-main-political-parties}}</ref>}}
| seats1_title = [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|{{PakSen|PMLQ}}|100|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|width=80%}}
| seats2_title = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|{{nobr|National Assembly }}]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|{{PakNA|PMLQ}}|342|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|width=80%}}
| seats3_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Punjab Assembly]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|{{PunjabPA|PMLQ}}|371|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|width=80%}}
| seats4_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK Assembly]]
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|{{PakKP|PMLQ}}|145|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}|width=80%}}
| flag = Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q).svg
| symbol = '''Tractor''' (General Election 2018)<br>[[File:CH-1979-Zusatztafel-Traktor.svg|centre|100px]]
| country = Pakistan
| website = {{official website|pmlq.com.pk}}
| footnotes =
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The '''Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group)''' {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)}}}}; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', [[Acronym and initialism|Acronyms]]: '''PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League"''') is a [[Centrism|centrist]] to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]-[[Nationalism in Pakistan|nationalist]] political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a representation of 5 seats. It previously served as an ally of former Prime Minister [[Raja Pervez Ashraf]]'s [[Cabinet of Pakistan|government]], and led a joint election campaign in 2013 alongside [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) in [[Punjab Province (Pakistan)|Punjab]] and [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] provinces against its rival [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]], a fiscally conservative and centre-right force.

Its leadership and members were once part of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]] presided by [[List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan|former]] prime minister [[Nawaz Sharif]]. After the [[1997 Pakistani general election|1997 general elections]], political differences arose that ultimately led to the creation of a faction inside the party. The dissidents, led by [[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]], called for strong and vocal support for the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|1999 military coup d'état]] staged and led by then-[[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] and [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] General [[Pervez Musharaff]]. In 2002, dissident leaders launched the party, focused on [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]]’s government. It later became an integral part of Musharraf's government and appointed their own Prime minister, [[Shaukat Aziz]].

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 [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 elections]] led to a significant collapse of PML-Q's influence.<ref name="Pakistan Today, 25 March 2011">{{cite news|last=Bukhari|first=Irfan|title=PML-Q: Musharraf's brainchild fractured, failing|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/03/25/news/national/pml-q-musharrafs-brainchild-fractured-failing/|access-date=18 March 2012|newspaper=Pakistan Today|date=25 March 2011}}</ref> The party suffered many setbacks thereafter when its membership began to disintegrate after forming a separate bloc with close association with the PML-N, including the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)|Like-Minded]] and [[Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)|Avami League blocs]] and second, the [[All Pakistan Muslim League|former president's bloc]].<ref name="Pakistan Today, 25 March 2011" /> Senior members joined PML-N, while the junior leadership defected to the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref name="Pakistan Today, 25 March 2011" />

In September 2010, PML-Q joined the similar ideological faction, [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML-F]], forming the Pakistan Muslim League (Pir Pagara), but this was short-lived when in May 2011 the party joined the [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] led-[[Cabinet of Pakistan|government]] to fulfill the gap left by its rival [[Pakistan Muslim League N|PML-N]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-pml-q-announces-merger-with-pml-f-rs-02 |work=Dawn Newspaper |title=PML-Q announces merger with PML-F |date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918173103/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-pml-q-announces-merger-with-pml-f-rs-02 |archive-date=18 September 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/51701/pml-q-pml-f-unite-to-form-all-pakistan-muslim-league/|work=The Express Tribune|title=Chaudhrys in new League with Pir Pagara|date=19 September 2010}}</ref> However, the party announced its resignation from the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]], citing the failure of the Pakistan Peoples Party to resolve the energy crisis as the reason, which had direct impact on the federal government. The situation become better by giving relief in fuel prices on 15 June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paktribune.com/news/New-life-for-govt;-MQM-%5E-PML-Q-announce-return-to-coalition-244119.html|title=New life for govt; MQM & PML-Q announce return to coalition|work=PakTribune|date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

==History==
The founder of PML (Q) is [[Mian Muhammad Azhar]]. It attracted influential members such as the Chaudhary's of Gujrat, [[Pervaiz Elahi]] and [[Chaudhary]] [[Shujaat Hussain]]. 75% of its elected members are former "big men" of the [[Zia ul Haq]] and Nawaz Sharif governments. [[PML-N]] factions broke away in 2001 under NAB's pressure to form PML (Q). They were staunch Musharraf supporters and consider him their mentor. Although, he was sometimes mistakenly cited as a member, he was never part of the party.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

===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 Mahmud Kasuri|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.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

===2002 general elections===
During the 20 October 2002 legislative [[elections in Pakistan|elections]], the party won 25.7% votes and 126 out of 342 members.

===Developments during PML(Q) Government (2002–2007)===
Some economic and social development indicators:

* Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew from $63 billion in 1999 to $162 billion, at an average of 7%.
* Per capita income increased to $925 from $435.
* Revenue collection, which was at around Rs. 300 billion in 1999, crossed a record Rs. 1 trillion.
* Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), which hovered around Rs. 80 billion during the 1988–99 period, reached Rs. 520 billion.
* Foreign direct investment (FDI), which was around $300 million in 1999, grew to $6.5 billion.
* Remittances were at a record $5.5 billion.
* Exports rise from $9 billion to $17 billion.
* Foreign Exchange reserves $16 billion.
* [[Karachi Stock Exchange]] (KSE) index rose to 14,000 from 1000 in 1999.
However, opponents point to all the achievements where over 10 years, at time of strong global economic growth, low oil prices and relative to other countries the achievements were average, particularly since a massive balance of payments crisis began in 2008.

===United PML===
In May 2004, various PML factions and other political parties merged with PML-Q to form a united Pakistan Muslim League (PML), thus leaving out only the Nawaz Sharf-led faction. They included former President [[Farooq Leghari]]'s [[Millat Party]], Jahan Zaib Awan, [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]], [[Arbab Ghulam Rahim]]'s [[Sindh Democratic Alliance]], [[Hamid Nasir Chattha]]'s [[Pakistan Muslim League (J)|PML (Junejo)]], [[Pir Pagara]]'s [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML (Functional)]], [[Manzoor Wattoo]]'s [[Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)|PML (Jinnah)]], and [[Ijaz-ul-Haq]]'s [[Pakistan Muslim League (Z)|PML (Zia)]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ashraf|last=Mumtaz|url=http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/20/nat1.htm|title=Parties to inform EC about merger with PML|work=Dawn Newspaper|date=20 May 2004}}</ref> Later on, the Pir Pagara led faction called the PML-Functional again parted ways with the united PML, which reduced the number of parties called Pakistan Muslim League to three: PML-Q, PML-N and PML-F.

===Wings of PMLQ===
As a major political party, the PMLQ has several active wings:
* Federal Capital Wing
* Ulma e Mashaikh Wing
* Hussain Lovers Wing
* Women Wing
* Minorities Wing
* Human Rights Wing
* Lawyers Wing
* Youth Wing
* Labour Wing
* Culture Wing
* Sports Wing

===2008 general elections===
The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) contested the [[2008 Pakistani general election|February 2008 legislative election]] with other allied parties including [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London|Muttahida Qaumi Movement]], Pakistan Muslim League (F), and National Peoples Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/87046-mqm-pml-q-pml-f-npp-finalise-friendly-election-adjustments|title=MQM, PML-Q, PML-F, NPP finalise 'friendly election adjustments'|work=The News International|date=26 December 2007}}</ref> It was believed that the party wanted former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab Chief Minister]] Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to become Prime Minister. The PML (Q) lost major parliamentarians in the 2008 election, gaining only 49 elected seats, defeated by the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) and the PML (N).

PML (Q) Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Syed said that, although the party had performed "far below expectations", it accepted defeat in the election "with grace" and would become an opposition party. In this election PML-Q was the second largest vote-getter.

===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 3 seats in national assembly, along with 10 seats in Punjab assembly and 1 seat in KPK assembly.

==Electoral history==
=== National Assembly Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||7,500,797|| 25.66% ||{{Composition bar|105|342|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}105||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|[[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] || 7,962,473 || 22.97% ||{{Composition bar|54|342|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 51 ||{{Color|red|Opposition*}}
|-
|[[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 1,409,905 || 3.11% ||{{Composition bar|2|342|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 52||{{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 678,208 || 1.01% ||{{Composition bar|7|342|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}} 5||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|}
*PML(Q) later formed a coalition with ruling PPP in 2012.

=== Senate Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2006 Pakistani Senate election|2006]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||-||-||{{Composition bar|20|100|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}20||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|[[2009 Pakistani Senate election|2009]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] ||-|| - ||{{Composition bar|21|100|hex=lime}}
|{{Increase}} 1 ||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2012 Pakistani Senate election|2012]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|4|100|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 17||{{color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|[[2021 Pakistani Senate election|2021]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|1|100|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}} 1||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|}
*No member of PML(Q) was elected as Senator in [[2015 Pakistani Senate election|2015]] & [[2018 Pakistani Senate election|2018]].

=== Punjab Assembly Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2002 Punjab provincial election|2002]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||6,144,813|| 33.33% ||{{Composition bar|129|297|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}129||{{Color|green|Government}}
|-
|[[2008 Punjab provincial election|2008]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] || 5,837,922 || 28.21% ||{{Composition bar|79|371|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 50||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2013 Punjab provincial election|2013]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 1,377,130 || 4.94% ||{{Composition bar|8|371|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 71||{{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2018 Punjab provincial election|2018]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 392,419 || 1.19% ||{{Composition bar|9|371|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}} 1||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|}

=== Sindh Assembly Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||543,590|| 9% ||{{Composition bar|11|130|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}11||{{Color|green|Coalition Government}}
|-
|[[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] || 1,098,754 || 12.91% ||{{Composition bar|9|130|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 2||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2013 Sindh provincial election|2013]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 1,377,130 || 4.94% ||{{Composition bar|1|130|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 8||{{color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|0|130|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 1||{{color|red|-}}
|}

=== Balochistan Assembly Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||219,026|| 19.30% ||{{Composition bar|11|51|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}11||{{Color|green|Government}}
|-
|[[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] || 437,719|| 33.05% ||{{Composition bar|16|50|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}} 5||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| 53,297 || 4.15% ||{{Composition bar|5|50|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 11||{{color|red|Opposition*}}
|-
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|0|51|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 5||{{color|red|-}}
|}
*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).

=== NWFP (Now-KPK) Assembly Elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Election'''!! Presiding chair of the party !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''
!+/–!!Result
|-
|[[2002 Pakistani general election|2002 ''(NWFP)'']]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]||435,444|| 14.49% ||{{Composition bar|7|124|hex=lime}}
|{{increase}}6||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2008 Pakistani general election|2008''(NWFP)'']]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] || 440,518 || 12.9% ||{{Composition bar|6|124|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 1||{{Color|red|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|0|124|hex=lime}}
|{{decrease}} 5||-
|-
|-
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]||[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]|| - || - ||{{Composition bar|1|145|hex=lime}}
|{{Increase}} 1||{{color|blue|Non-Aligned}}
|-
|}

=='Like-minded group' break away==
{{main|Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)}}
A rift within party leadership emerged with a faction calling themselves the 'Like-minded' bloc, who opposed the Chaudhry's of [[Gujrat District|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 parliament Asiya Azeem, [[Gohar Ayub Khan]] and [[Kashmala Tariq]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-split+in+pml-q+ranks--bi-09|title=Split in PML-Q ranks over party leadership|date=5 July 2009|work=Dawn Newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709153409/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-split%2Bin%2Bpml-q%2Branks--bi-09|archive-date=9 July 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geo.tv/8-20-2009/47955.htm|title=PML-Q (like-minded) chooses Salim as president|date=20 August 2009|work=GEO.tv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008171305/http://www.geo.tv/8-20-2009/47955.htm|archive-date=8 October 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}</ref>

In February 2010, the mainstream PML-Q was further affected by the resignation of [[Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq]], and the revival of his [[Pakistan Muslim League (Z)]] party.

==Alliances==
Party President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]] consistently supported [[Musharraf]]. They were faithful to the general in even the most adverse circumstances.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ayaz|last=Amir|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/ayaz/20030926.htm|title=The problem of spine in Pakistani politics|work=Dawn Newspaper|date=26 September 2003}}</ref>

Shujaat Hussain's father [[Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi]] was initially a supporter of President [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]], but when [[Amir Mohammad Khan]] favoured some of his local opponents, he parted ways with Ayub's [[Convention Muslim League]]. He opposed [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] and later joined Zia's government. He was killed allegedly by [[Murtaza Bhutto|Al-Zulfikar organisation]] for his support to General Zia. After Zahoor's death, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain continued to support Zia and his [[Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization|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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adnan|last=Adil|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/in-his-prime/|title=In His Prime|work=Newsline|date=July 2004}}</ref>

== Party leadership and vision ==
As of 2021, [[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] was president of PML-Q. He was elected unopposed.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=17 January 2021|title=Ch Shujaat Hussain elected PML-Q president unopposed|work=The News International (newspaper)|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/775581-ch-shujaat-elected-pml-q-president-unopposed|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>

Prominent leaders of PMLQ are as below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Office/Designation
|-
|[[Shujaat Hussain|Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]
|President
|-
|[[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]
|President PML Punjab<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Tariq Bashir Cheema]]
|Secretary General
|-
|[[Khalid Ranjha]]
| rowspan="2" |Senior Vice-President
|-
|[[S. M. Zafar|S.M. Zafar]]
|-
|Nasir Mehmood Gill{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|Additional General Secretary PML Punjab
|-
|[[Imran Masood (Pakistani politician)|Mian Imran Masood]]
|Vice President PML Punjab
|-
|Shiekh Umer Hayat{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|President Traders Wing PML Punjab
|-
|Chaudhary Zulfiqar Pappan<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-08-06|title=Processions across city mark one year of Indian ‘siege’ of Kashmir|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1572819|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-18|work=Dawn (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
|President Youth Wing PML Punjab
|-
|Naveed Ahsan Sheikh{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|Vice President Youth Wing PML Punjab
|-
|Alamgir Advocate<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-09|title=PML-Q hosts Eid Milan for lawyers|url=https://nation.com.pk/09-Jun-2019/pml-q-hosts-eid-milan-for-lawyers|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-18|work=The Nation (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
|President Lawyers Wing PML Punjab
|-
|[[Shahzad Elahi|Eng. Shahzad Elahi]]
|President Minority Wing PML Punjab
|-
|[[Khadija Umar|Khadeeja Umer Farooqi]]
|President Women Wing PML Punjab
|-
|[[Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain]]
|{{sdash}}
|-
|Yousaf Ahad<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2009-10-28|title=Yousaf Ahad made President PML-Q Lahore|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2009/10/20091028979817/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-18|work=Business Recorder (newspaper)|language=en-US}}</ref>
|President PML Lahore<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Anwar Bhinder|Chaudhry Muhammad Anwar Bhinder]] (-2019)
|Former Speaker and Senior Vice-president
|-
|Syed Mumtaz Hussain Shah{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|President PML Nankana Sahib
|-
|Raza Ahmed Khan{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|Vice President PML Gujrat
|-
|Farhad Ali Khan
|Vice-President KPK
|-
|Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|Member Quaidabad
|-
|[[Liaqat Abbas Bhatti]]
|{{sdash}}
|-
|Syed Shahzaib Haider{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|President Youth Wing (Islamabad)
|-
|Tanveer Aslam Chadhar{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|
|-
|[[Kamil Ali Agha]]
|Spokesperson, Senator
|-
|Imran Khokhar{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|Secretary Information (Rawalpindi)
|-
|[[Moonis Elahi|Chaudhry Moonis Elahi]]
|{{sdash}}
|-
|[[Chaudhry Salik Hussain]]
|{{sdash}}
|}

== Electoral history ==

=== National Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
!'''Election'''
!Party leader
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!'''Seats'''
!+/–
|-
|[[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]
|[[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]]
|7,500,797
|25.7%
|{{Infobox political party/seats|142|342|hex=#7FFF00}}
|{{increase}} 142
|-
|[[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]]
|[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]]
|8,007,218
|23.12%
|{{Infobox political party/seats|60|341|hex=#7FFF00}}
|{{decrease}} 78
|-
|[[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]
|[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]]
|1,409,905
|3.11%
|{{Infobox political party/seats|2|342|hex=#7FFF00}}
|{{decrease}} 58
|-
|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]
|[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain|Shujaat Hussain]]
|517,408
|0.97%
|{{Infobox political party/seats|5|342|hex=#7FFF00}}
|{{increase}} 3
|}

==See also==
* [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
* [[Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)|Awami Muslim League]]
* [[All Pakistan Muslim League]]
* [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|Pakistan Muslim League (Functional)]]
* [[Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite news|url=http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20130428-pakistan-muslim-league-q-musharraf-backers-ppp-ally|title=The Pakistan Muslim League-Q - from Musharraf backers to PPP ally|publisher=Radio France Internationale|date=28 April 2013}}

==External links==
* {{facebook|Pakistan-Muslim-League-Quaid-e-Azam-PML-Q-107363382620210}}
* {{facebook|PMLQ-Gujrat-Media-993861314011169}}

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Pakistan Muslim League (Q) - Revision history

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