Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)
Awami Muslim League Pakistan عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان | |
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| Leader | Sheikh Rashid Ahmed |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Central Secretariat, Laal Haveli, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Ideology |
Mass politics Centrism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours |
Green and white |
| National Assembly |
1 / 342 |
| Website | |
| http://www.aml.org.pk | |
Awami Muslim League Pakistan (Urdu: عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان) is a Pakistani political party formed in June 2008 by Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad.[1]
NA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI)
This constituency of Rawalpindi is famous for the famous politician of Pakistan Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad. He won 6 consecutive elections from this area. He lost to Javed Hashmi in 2008. He then again lost in the by-elections to Shakeel Awan after a neck to neck contest. In 2013 general elections he defeated Shakeel Awan. [2]
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 Shaikh Mujibur Rahman (himself a former aide to Suharwardy).
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. The word Muslim was dropped in 1953. Two parties of the same name were created in Pakistan.
Footnotes
- ↑ Rashid quits PML-Q; forms new party Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2002 Elections Archived March 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
References
- Official Website of the party
- "'I am foreseeing change from top to toe in the country'", interview with Shaikh Rashid on Online News website
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