Muslim League (1947–1958)
Muslim League | |
|---|---|
| Urdu name | مسلم لیگ |
| Bengali name | মুসলিম লীগ |
| Abbreviation | ML |
| Leader | Liaquat Ali Khan Ch. Khaliquzzaman Khwaja Nazimuddin |
| President | Abdur Rab Nishtar (1958) |
| General Secretary | Qazi Muhammad Isa (1958) |
| Chief Whip | Mahmud Husain |
| Founded | 15 December 1947 |
| Dissolved | 7 October 1958 |
| Preceded by | AIML |
| Succeeded by | See List of Muslim League breakaway groups |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Newspaper | Dawn |
| Ideology | Pakistani nationalism Islamic modernism Capitalism Factions: Islamic socialism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Green |
| Party flag | |
| Pakistan portal |
The Muslim League was the original successor of the All-India Muslim League that led the Pakistan Movement to achieve an independent nation with a numerical majority seats in the parliament of British India.
Five of the country's Prime Ministers have been affiliated with the Muslim League, namely Liaquat Ali Khan, Khwaja Nazimuddin, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, and Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.
The Muslim League was defeated in the 1955 elections to the Constituent Assembly by a political alliance known as the United Front. However, Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali and later Prime Minister Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar were appointed to lead a minority government. The party was dissolved in 1958 after the declaration of Martial Law by General Muhammad Ayub Khan, the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army.