Awami Muslim League (Pakistan) should not be confused with All Pakistan Awami Muslim League.
Country: | Pakistan |
Abbr: | AML |
Awami Muslim League Pakistan | |
President: | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed |
Founder: | Sheikh Rashid Ahmed |
Foundation: | 2008 |
Ideology: | Islamism Conservatism (Pakistani)[1] Mass politics Populism |
Position: | Centre |
Split: | PML (Q) |
Colours: | Green and white |
Headquarters: | Central Secretariat, Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
Seats2 Title: | National Assembly |
Symbol: | Inkpot with Pen[2] |
Flag: | Awami Muslim League Pakistan flag.png |
Awami Muslim League Pakistan (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|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]
See main article: All Pakistan Awami Muslim League. 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).
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.
See main article: NA-62 (Rawalpindi-VI). 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]
2013 | 93,046 | 0.20% | 1 | ||
2018 | 119,362 | 0.22% |