{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = Pakistan Muslim League (Z) | native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)}}}}}} | abbr = PML (Z) | lang1 = Urdu | logo = Logo of the Pakistan Muslim League (Z).png | colorcode = {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}} | leader = Ijaz-ul-Haq | founded = {{start date and age|2002|10}} | national = PDM | split = PML (N) | headquarters = Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan | ideology = Ziaism | position = Right-wing to far-right<ref name="Ali1997">{{cite book|author=Parveen Shaukat Ali|title=Politics of conviction: the life and times of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4v8vAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=The London Centre for Pakistan Studies|isbn=978-1-901899-03-0|quote=Zia-ul-Haq became engaged to his cousin (the daughter of his mother's sister), who was eight years younger than he was. Begum Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq was born in 1932 in Uganda, where her father lived. According to the traditional religious custom, it was an arranged marriage and was solemnized on 10 August 1950, in Model Town, Lahore. Shafiq's father had been staying there on a leave of absence from his job in Uganda so that he could marry his two daughters in his own country.}}</ref> | merged = | colors = Green<br/>{{Color sample|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} | seats1_title = Senate | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|96|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} | seats2_title = National Assembly | seats2 ={{Composition bar|1|336|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} | seats3_title = Punjab Assembly | seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|371|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} | symbol = Helicopter <br/> centre|100px | website = {{url|www.pmlzia.com}} | country = Pakistan | flag = Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg }}
'''Pakistan Muslim League (Zia)''',{{Efn|'''PML-Z'''; {{langx|ur|{{nq|پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ض)}}}}}} informally referred to as the '''Zia League''',{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nq|ضیاء لیگ}}}}}} is a Pakistani political party with a right-wing political position and an Islamist and Ziaist ideology. Named after Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan, the party is headquartered in Bahawalnagar and led by Zia's son Ijaz-ul-Haq.
The party was founded in 2002 by Zia's son Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq. With the 2002 general elections, Ijaz won his National Assembly seat and merged with the Pervez Musharraf-endorsed Pakistan Muslim League (Q).<ref name=":0" /> It gained the federal religious affairs ministry under Haq. After PML-Q was routed following the general elections of 2008, PML-Z separated from the larger party in February 2010.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
In March 2010, PML-Zia successfully contested by-elections held in Bahawalnagar for Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, upsetting the Pakistan Peoples Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paktribune.com/news/PML-N-wins-NA-123-PP-82-slots-225396.html|title=PML-N wins NA-123, PP-82 slots|newspaper=PakTribune|date=11 March 2010|archive-date=13 June 2020|access-date=28 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613123336/http://old.paktribune.com/news/PML-N-wins-NA-123-PP-82-slots-225396.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the 2010 Pakistan floods, the party also came to national attention for distributing relief goods worth millions of rupees in Southern Punjab.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|title=PML-Z to distribute relief goods|newspaper=Pakistan Daily|date=11 September 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322161406/http://www.daily.pk/pml-z-to-distribute-relief-goods-21924/|archivedate=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/359435/parties-to-inform-ec-about-merger-with-pml|title=Parties to inform EC about merger with PML|newspaper=Dawn|date=20 May 2004}}</ref>
On 9 October 2011, PML-Zia became the only party to support the PML-N's threat to dissolve the Punjab Assembly and pre-empt the PPP's expected victory in the 2012 Senate elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/270274/dissolve-punjab-assembly-says-unification-bloc/|title=PML-N threatens to dissolve Punjab Assembly|newspaper=Express Tribune|date=9 October 2011}}</ref> In the general elections in 2013, PML-Z contested two seats and won again from NA-191 Bahawalnagar in the National Assembly, and two seats in the Punjab Assembly. Haq's constituency NA-191 recorded the highest voter turnout in the country for 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/552368/pakistan-elections-2013-total-voter-turnout-55/|newspaper=Express Tribune|title=Pakistan elections 2013 total voter turnout: 55%|date=21 May 2013}}</ref>
On 19 March 2023, party leader Ijaz-ul-Haq along with his party members, joined PTI after meeting with Imran Khan. The PML(Z) was also merged into PTI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=BR Web |date=2023-03-19 |title=PML-Z president Ijaz-ul-Haq joins PTI |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40232285 |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=اعجازالحق پی ٹی آئی میں شامل، ضیا لیگ کو بھی ضم کردیا |url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/321740- |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=urdu.geo.tv |language=en}}</ref> It was later on 29 May, that he denied the rumours of PML-Z getting merged into PTI.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=Ijazul Haq denies PML-Z merger with PTI |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/29-May-2023/ijazul-haq-denies-pml-z-merger-with-pti |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Rumours of PML-Z's merger with PTI baseless: Ijaz-ul-Haq |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/05/28/rumours-of-pml-zs-merger-with-pti-baseless-ijaz-ul-haq/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Electoral history ==
=== National Assembly elections === {| class="wikitable" |+National Assembly !'''Election''' !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !'''Seats''' !+/– |- |2002 |78,798 |0.27% |{{Composition bar|1|342|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |- |2013 |128,510 |0.28% |{{Composition bar|1|342|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |- |2018 |1,406 |0.00% |{{Composition bar|0|342|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} |{{decrease}} 1 |- |2024 |110,249 |0.19% |{{Composition bar|1|336|hex={{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Z)}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |}
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