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

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s. 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

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the president of united PML. In response, Pir Pagara Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II parted ways with the mother league and formed his own party. After Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was defeated by

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in the Pakistani presidential election, 1965, Jinnah established the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional). Pir Pagaro Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II 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

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league. In the

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, 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

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united, forming the All Pakistan Muslim League (Pir Pagara). In January 2012 after the death of 7th Pir Pagara Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II his son

Syed Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III ( sd, صبغت الله شاهه راشدي, ur, ), also known as Raja Saein, the eighth Pir Pagaro, (born 14 February 1956) is a Pakistani politician who has served as a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh. E ...

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

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, PML-F lead a new coalition named

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with

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, National Peoples Party, Pakistan Peoples Party Workers and

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Electoral history

National Assembly elections

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Electoral history

National Assembly elections

See also

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