The Pakistan Muslim League (F) ( ur, ,

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: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a

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and pro-

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. It is one of the Pakistan Muslim Leagues. The letter 'F' in its name stands for ''functional''. It is primarily associated with the Sindhi religious leader

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. It was formed in 1985 when the Pakistani establishment decided to make Muhammad Khan Junejo the president of united PML. In response, Pir Pagara

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parted ways with the mother league and formed his own party. After

Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah ( ur, ; 31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), widely known as Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation"), was a Pakistani stateswoman, politician, dental surgeon and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. She was the younger sister of ...

was defeated by Ayub Khan in the Pakistani presidential election, 1965, Jinnah established the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional). Pir Pagaro

became the head of this political party. He was also nominated as first president of United Muslim League. He was Chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), and spiritual leader of the ‘Hur’ Jamaat organization. In the 2002 Pakistani general election, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote and 4 out of 272 elected members. In May 2004, PML (Functional) merged with PML (Q) along with other parties to form the united PML. However, after 2 months in July 2004, Pir Pagara and the PML (F) parted ways with the united PML citing differences with the Chaudhry brothers and calling the PML, the Jatt league. In the 2008 Pakistani general election, the PML-F won 4 seats, and were given one reserved women's seat raising to their total to 5 National Assembly seats. Additionally, the party won 8 provincial assembly seats in Sindh and 3 in Punjab. In September 2010 the Pakistan Muslim League (F) and PML-Q united, forming the All Pakistan Muslim League (Pir Pagara). In January 2012 after the death of 7th Pir Pagara

his son Syed Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III the 8th Pir Pagara became the President of Pakistan Muslim League (F).The Headquarters of PML (F) was then shifted to Raja House from Kingri House. In the

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, PML-F won 6 seats in National Assembly and 10 seats in

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, PML (F) joined the government of

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. Pirzada Sadaruddin Shah Rashdi, younger brother of Syed Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III, of Pakistan Muslim League (F) was made the Minister of Overseas Pakistanis. For the 2018 Pakistani general election, PML-F lead a new coalition named Grand Democratic Alliance with

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, National Peoples Party,

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and Pakistan Peoples Muslim League.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

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Electoral history

National Assembly elections

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