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'''Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed)''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)}}}} is a [[political party]] in [[Pakistan]] formed in 2002. It is named after General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistan's president from 1978 to 1988. With the [[2002 Pakistani general election|general elections of 2002]], [[Ijaz-ul-Haq]] won the National Assembly seat, and merged with the [[Pervez Musharraf]]-endorsed [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/359435/parties-to-inform-ec-about-merger-with-pml|title=Parties to inform EC about merger with PML|newspaper=Dawn|date=May 20, 2004}}</ref> It gained the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|federal religious affairs ministry]] under Haq. After PML-Q was routed following the [[2008 Pakistani general election|general elections of 2008]], PML-Z separated from the larger party in February 2010.
'''Pakistan Muslim League (Zia)''',{{Efn|'''PML-Z'''; {{langx|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)}}}}}} informally referred to as the '''Zia League''',{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nq|ضیاء لیگ}}}}}} is a [[List of political parties in Pakistan|Pakistani political party]] with a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] political position and an [[Islamism|Islamist]] and [[Ziaism|Ziaist]] ideology. Named after [[Zia-ul-Haq]], the sixth [[president of Pakistan]], the party is headquartered in [[Bahawalnagar]] and led by Zia's son [[Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq|Ijaz-ul-Haq]].


In March 2010, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in [[Bahawalnagar]] for [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly]], upsetting the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paktribune.com/news/PML-N-wins-NA-123-PP-82-slots-225396.html|title=PML-N wins NA-123, PP-82 slots|newspaper=PakTribune|date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> During the [[Pakistan flood|floods of 2010]], the party also came to national attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of rupees in [[Southern Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|title=PML-Z to distribute relief goods|newspaper=Pakistan Daily|date=September 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322161406/http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|archivedate=March 22, 2012}}</ref>
The party was founded in 2002 by Zia's son [[Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq]]. With the [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002 general elections]], Ijaz won his [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] seat and merged with the [[Pervez Musharraf]]-endorsed [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]].<ref name=":0" /> It gained the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|federal religious affairs ministry]] under Haq. After PML-Q was routed following the [[2008 Pakistani general election|general elections of 2008]], PML-Z separated from the larger party in February 2010.{{fact|date=September 2024}}


On October 9, 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 of Pakistan|Senate]] elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/270274/dissolve-punjab-assembly-says-unification-bloc/|title=PML-N threatens to dissolve Punjab Assembly|newspaper=Express Tribune|date=October 9, 2011}}</ref> In the [[2013 Pakistan general election|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/552368/pakistan-elections-2013-total-voter-turnout-55/|newspaper=Express Tribune|title=Pakistan elections 2013 total voter turnout: 55%|date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>
In March 2010, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in [[Bahawalnagar]] for [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly]], upsetting the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paktribune.com/news/PML-N-wins-NA-123-PP-82-slots-225396.html|title=PML-N wins NA-123, PP-82 slots|newspaper=PakTribune|date=11 March 2010|archive-date=13 June 2020|access-date=28 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613123336/http://old.paktribune.com/news/PML-N-wins-NA-123-PP-82-slots-225396.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the [[2010 Pakistan floods]], the party also came to national attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of [[Pakistani_rupee|rupees]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Southern Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|title=PML-Z to distribute relief goods|newspaper=Pakistan Daily|date=11 September 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322161406/http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|archivedate=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/359435/parties-to-inform-ec-about-merger-with-pml|title=Parties to inform EC about merger with PML|newspaper=Dawn|date=20 May 2004}}</ref>
 
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 of Pakistan|Senate]] elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/270274/dissolve-punjab-assembly-says-unification-bloc/|title=PML-N threatens to dissolve Punjab Assembly|newspaper=Express Tribune|date=9 October 2011}}</ref> In the [[2013 Pakistan general election|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/552368/pakistan-elections-2013-total-voter-turnout-55/|newspaper=Express Tribune|title=Pakistan elections 2013 total voter turnout: 55%|date=21 May 2013}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=BR Web |date=2023-03-19 |title=PML-Z president Ijaz-ul-Haq joins PTI |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40232285 |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=اعجازالحق پی ٹی آئی میں شامل، ضیا لیگ کو بھی ضم کردیا |url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/321740- |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=urdu.geo.tv |language=en}}</ref> It was later on 29 May, that he denied the rumours of PML-Z getting merged into PTI.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=Ijazul Haq denies PML-Z merger with PTI |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/29-May-2023/ijazul-haq-denies-pml-z-merger-with-pti |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Rumours of PML-Z's merger with PTI baseless: Ijaz-ul-Haq |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/05/28/rumours-of-pml-zs-merger-with-pti-baseless-ijaz-ul-haq/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |language=en-US}}</ref>


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Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)
AbbreviationPML (Z)
LeaderIjaz-ul-Haq
FoundedOctober 2002; 23 years ago (2002-10)
Split fromPML (N)
HeadquartersBahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan
IdeologyZiaism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right[1]
National affiliationPDM
ColorsGreen
 
Senate
0 / 96
National Assembly
1 / 336
Punjab Assembly
1 / 371
Election symbol
Helicopter
Party flag
Website
www.pmlzia.com

Pakistan Muslim League (Zia),[lower-alpha 1] informally referred to as the Zia League,[lower-alpha 2] is a Pakistani political party with a right-wing political position and an Islamist and Ziaist ideology. Named after Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan, the party is headquartered in Bahawalnagar and led by Zia's son Ijaz-ul-Haq.

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).[2] 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.[citation needed]

In March 2010, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in Bahawalnagar for Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, upsetting the Pakistan Peoples Party.[3] During the 2010 Pakistan floods, the party also came to national attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of rupees in Southern Punjab.[4][2]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] It was later on 29 May, that he denied the rumours of PML-Z getting merged into PTI.[9][10]

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

National Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

National Assembly
Election Votes % Seats +/–
2002 78,798 0.27%
1 / 342
 Increase 1
2013 128,510 0.28%
1 / 342
 Increase 1
2018 1,406 0.00%
0 / 342
 Decrease 1
2024 110,249 0.19%
1 / 336
 Increase 1

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ PML-Z; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.
  2. ↑ Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Parveen Shaukat Ali (1997). Politics of conviction: the life and times of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. The London Centre for Pakistan Studies. ISBN 978-1-901899-03-0. Zia-ul-Haq became engaged to his cousin (the daughter of his mother's sister), who was eight years younger than he was. Begum Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq was born in 1932 in Uganda, where her father lived. According to the traditional religious custom, it was an arranged marriage and was solemnized on 10 August 1950, in Model Town, Lahore. Shafiq's father had been staying there on a leave of absence from his job in Uganda so that he could marry his two daughters in his own country.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Parties to inform EC about merger with PML". Dawn. 20 May 2004.
  3. ↑ "PML-N wins NA-123, PP-82 slots". PakTribune. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "PML-Z to distribute relief goods". Pakistan Daily. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "PML-N threatens to dissolve Punjab Assembly". Express Tribune. 9 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Pakistan elections 2013 total voter turnout: 55%". Express Tribune. 21 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Desk, BR Web (19 March 2023). "PML-Z president Ijaz-ul-Haq joins PTI". Brecorder. Retrieved 19 March 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ "اعجازالحق پی ٹی آئی میں شامل، ضیا لیگ کو بھی ضم کردیا". urdu.geo.tv. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ijazul Haq denies PML-Z merger with PTI". The Nation. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Rumours of PML-Z's merger with PTI baseless: Ijaz-ul-Haq". 28 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

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