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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.
In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by Bengali nationalists, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Awami Muslim League may refer to: Awami Muslim League (Pakistan) , founded in 2008 Bangladesh Awami League , named All Pakistan Awami Muslim League until 1953
The All-Pakistan Awami League (before 1955 the All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League), or simply Awami League, was a Pakistani political party founded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in February 1950. Pir of Manki Sharif and Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) joined it soon afterwards. [1] [2]
Shamsul Huq was married to Afia Khatun, whose childhood friend Begum Jahanara was the wife of Yar Mohammad Khan who was a founder (treasurer) of the Awami League and the founder (publisher) of The Daily Ittefaq. [5] [self-published source?] Afia Khatun lived and worked in the United States later in her life.
The Muslim League government of East Pakistan lost popularity fast, owing to many of its unpopular moves. It sided with Jinnah on the state language question in 1948. A dissident group of the Muslim League, mainly followers of Suhrawardy and Abul Hashim, formed the Awami Muslim League (literally People's Muslim League) in 1949 in Dhaka. In 1950 ...
In 1952, the Awami Muslim League and its student wing played an instrumental role in the Bengali Language Movement, during which Pakistani security forces fired upon protesting students demanding Bengali be declared an official language of Pakistan, killing a number of students including Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Barkat and Abdul ...
Since India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947, the All-India Muslim League and its successor Muslim League has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. . Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political par