Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with All Pakistan Awami Muslim League.

Awami Muslim League Pakistan عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان
Abbreviation	AML
President	Sheikh Rashid Shafique
Founder	Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
Founded	2008
Split from	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Headquarters	Central Secretariat, Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Ideology	Islamism Conservatism (Pakistani)[1] Mass politics Populism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Green and white
Election symbol
Inkpot with Pen[2]
Party flag
Website
www.aml.org.pk
Politics of Pakistan Political parties Elections

Awami Muslim League Pakistan (Urdu: 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]

Former party

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).^[citation needed]

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.^[citation needed]

Electoral history

NA-62 (Rawalpindi-VI)

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]

National Assembly elections

National Assembly

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2013	93,046	0.20%	1 / 342	1
2018	119,362	0.22%	1 / 342

See also

• Politics of Pakistan
• List of political parties in Pakistan
• List of Islamic political parties

Footnotes

1. "Pakistan's political parties explained". CNN. 18 February 2008.
2. "List of Allocation of Election Symbol to Political Parties for GE-2024" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
3. "Rashid quits PML-Q; forms new party". The News International. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
4. "PTI agrees to electoral alliance with AML – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
5. "Constituency-wide results, 2002 Elections" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010.
6. "NA-55 Results". Geo News. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
7. "Election result 2008 for NA-55". ecp.gov.pk. ECP. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
8. "PML-N's Shakil trounces Sheikh Rashid". Dawn (newspaper). 25 February 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

References

• "Official website". Archived from the original on 23 June 2009.
• "Interview with Shaikh Rashid". Online News. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008.