The Pakistan Muslim League (J) is a

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established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original

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, named "J" after

Muhammad Khan Junejo Mohammad Khan Junejo (18 August 1932 18 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988 under president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. During his tenure as prime minister he sou ...

. It was created in 1986 as the sole Pakistan Muslim League when

was the

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under President

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. In September 1988, the party formed an alliance called

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with

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's National Peoples Party, and

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against

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for the 1988 general elections. During that time

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became the most prominent politician outside PPP, and eventually became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1990. After Junejo dismissed by Gen Zia ul Haq, Nawaz Sharif parted with the PML, and created his own faction called the

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, which became a major political party far more influential than the original PML. Junejo's death also marked the formation of PML (Junejo) in 1993 led by his supporters including

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, Iqbal Ahmed Khan,

Manzoor Wattoo Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (; born 14 August 1939) is a Pakistani politician. Wattoo was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

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and Sardar Arif Nakai. There was a party split within PML (Junejo) when

Manzoor Wattoo Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (; born 14 August 1939) is a Pakistani politician. Wattoo was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

in 1995 parted ways with his cousin

and created his own PML (Jinnah). The party broke because Chattha wanted to be the president of PML (Junejo), much to the annoyance of Wattoo. The differences cropped up in the same year when Wattoo was removed as the Punjab Chief Minister in the power struggle between the province (headed by PML (Junejo) and the center (headed by rival PPP), leading Arif Nakai another PML (Junejo) candidate to be the new Chief Minister. At the 2002 general elections held on 20 October, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and 2 out of 272 elected members. Hamid Nasir Chattha was the head of the party. In May 2004, PML-J merged with PML-Q along with other parties to form united PML. In the 2008 general elections, Hamid Nasir Chattha, being part of ruling PML-Q, lost his National Assembly seat. However, in 2013, Hamid Nasir Chatta announced to revive the PML-Junejo again and contested the general elections on the platform of PML-J but the party didn't get any seat in 2013 general elections. As of 2013, the party's current leader is Muhammad Iqbal Dar.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakistan Muslim League (J) Political parties in Pakistan Muslim League breakaway groups 1993 establishments in Pakistan Pakistan Muslim League (Q)