The Pakistan Muslim League Urdu:پاکستانمسلملیگ(ق);Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf),Acronyms:PML(Q),PML-Q,PMLQ,"Q League" is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary election,it has a representation of five seats. It previously served as an ally of former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's government,and led a joint election campaign in 2013 alongside Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Punjab and Balochistan provinces against its rival Pakistan Muslim League (N),a fiscally conservative and centre-right force.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is a senior Pakistani politician who previously served as 16th prime minister of Pakistan. Hussain is the party president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) since 2003.
The Parliament of Pakistan is the supreme legislative body of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature,composed of the President of Pakistan and two houses:the Senate and the National Assembly. The president,as head of the legislature,has the power to summon or prorogue either house of the Parliament. The president can dissolve the National Assembly,only on the Prime Minister's advice.
Since its establishment in 1947,Pakistan has had a non-symmetric federal government and is a federal parliamentary democratic republic. At the national level,the people of Pakistan elect a bicameral legislature,the Parliament of Pakistan. The parliament consists of a lower house called the National Assembly,which is elected directly via first-past-the-post voting,and an upper house called the Senate,whose members are chosen by elected provincial legislators. The head of government,the Prime Minister,is elected by the majority members of the National Assembly and the head of state,the President,is elected by the Electoral College,which consists of both houses of Parliament together with the four provincial assemblies. In addition to the national parliament and the provincial assemblies,Pakistan also has more than five thousand elected local governments.
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013.
Humayun Akhtar Khan is a Pakistani politician,business tycoon and actuary. He has been elected as a member of the National Assembly four consecutive times between 1990 and 2007,having served as Federal Minister for Trade and Commerce from 2002 to 2007 and as Chairman Board of Investment / Minister of State for Investment from 1997 to 1999.
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich is a Pakistani politician who is the former Chief Minister of Punjab. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023,when he,as chief minister,dissolved the assembly. In 2023,he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son,Moonis Elahi,and 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with the party president and cousin,Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointed president of the PTI. He was the former president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).
Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar,mystic,philosopher,revivalist and politician.
General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies.
Muhammad Farooq Sattar is a Pakistani politician who is the leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.
Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan is a Pakistani politician who served as the Interior Minister from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. He however was unsuccessful in winning a National Assembly seat. A former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz),Khan had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and May 2018. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013.
The effort to impeach Pervez Musharraf was an August 2008 attempt by opposition parties comprising the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP),Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N),Awami National Party (ANP),and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam to force Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf out of office. On August 18,Musharraf announced his resignation.
Amir Muqam is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Federal Minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit Baltistan along with States and frontier regions in Shehbaz Sharif cabinet. He is affiliated with PML(N) and serves as its Provincial President in Khyber pakhtunkhwa. He was a close aide to former military dictator Pervez Musharraf. He previously served as advisor to the prime minister on political affairs in the Third Nawaz Sharif ministry and Yousaf Raza Gillani Ministry. He is also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2008 to 2013. Muqam has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 29,2024.
Mian Muhammad Azhar is a Pakistani politician and a businessman representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,serving since February 2024.He is from an Arain family of Lahore,He is a former governor of Punjab (1990-1993) and the founder of PML-Q,of which he was also president. He is one of the largest steel manufacturers of Pakistan and is the CEO of Afco Steel Industries. He was also the mayor of Lahore between 1987 and 1991.
NA-70 Sialkot-I is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the non-urban portion of Sialkot Tehsil.
Chaudhry Armaghan Subhani is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024 and previously served in this position from June 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to August 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2007. His cousins Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani and Tariq Subhani also remained Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the Past.
Chaudhry Akhtar Ali Vario was a Pakistani politician and head of the Vario family of Sialkot District,Punjab province. He was one of the founding members of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) and was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,and Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab several times. He was awarded the title of "King Maker" by Benazir Bhutto.
Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting,in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022. On 24 May 2023 announced he is taking "break" from politics.
