PML-N

The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is a centre-right conservative party in Pakistan. The party was recently in power until the appointment of an interim government led by Nasirul Mulk for the previous general election. It was led by the thrice-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, until he was disqualified for contempt of the Supreme Court in 2017. The party’s platform is generally conservative, which involves supporting free market capitalism, opposing military power, supporting democratic ideals, and being generally anti-censorship on an online and wilderness platform.

Since its foundation by General Zia ul Haq, PML-N, along with the People’s Party, has dominated the two-party political system of Pakistan. However, after the 1999 coup, the party was eclipsed by its own splinter faction, the Musharraf – backed Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid), for almost a decade. PML-N regained popularity in the 2008 general elections, when it was elected as the principal opposition party.

During its election campaign for the 2013 general elections, the party competed against its arch-rival, the PPP, and another centrist party, the PTI. In an unofficial count, the party secured the qualified majority in the state parliament, the Punjab Assembly, and the Balochistan Assembly; it is yet the only party to have secured respectable seats and representation on provisional assemblies of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The leader of PML-N, Nawaz Sharif, won a third term as Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first time this had happened in the history of the country.

Nawaz, CM Maryam offer condolences to family of kite string victim

FAISALABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Maryam Nawaz visited… Read More

ECP notifies victory of PML-N’s Azhar Qayyum from NA-81

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's Azhar… Read More

PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif set to travel abroad soon

The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, Nawaz Sharif, is set to travel to… Read More

PML-N clinches NA-81 after vote recount

GUJRANWALA: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) clinched one more National Assembly seat Following a vote… Read More

Senate polls: Differences emerge within PTI, PML-N over tickets distribution

LAHORE: Differences emerged within Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) over ticket… Read More

PML-N submits nine names for women reserved seats in NA

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted names of nine more women for the reserved… Read More

ECP seeks additional PML-N lists for NA women’s seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday sought more lists of women from… Read More

PML-N ‘opposes’ Nadeem Afzal Chan as Punjab governor

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has opposed PPP's Nadeem Afzal Chan as Punjab governor, ARY… Read More

PML-N retains another seat after vote recount

QUETTA: Following a vote recount, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) managed to retain a Balochistan… Read More

PML-N, MQM-P reach agreement on coalition government

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM-P) have reached a formal agreement… Read More

WATCH: Khawaja Asif waves watch in National Assembly session

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Asif waved wristwatch in the inaugural NA session amid… Read More

PML-N’s Abdul Khaliq Achakzai elected as Balochistan Assembly Speaker

QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Captain (retd) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai on Thursday elected unopposed as… Read More

‘JUI-F to not take part in govt formation’, Maulana Fazl tells PPP, PML-N

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman told Leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),… Read More

PML-N nominates Ayaz Sadiq for NA speaker’s slot

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominated Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the National Assembly (NA) speaker’s… Read More

Fazl sees doom and gloom for those ‘in the system’

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman said the country’s affairs cannot be run… Read More

PML-N, PPP oppose allocation of reserved seats to SIC

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P)… Read More

PML-N summons NA parliamentary party meeting tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has summoned its parliamentary party session in the National Assembly on… Read More

PML-N clinches another seat after vote recount

LODHRAN: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) clinched one more National Assembly seat after a vote… Read More

Maryam to follow Nawaz Sharif’s footsteps: Rana Sanaullah

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Punjab president and former interior minister Rana Sanaullah said that… Read More

New govt to take ‘difficult decisions’, says PML-N leader

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Senator Afnanullah hinted that the upcoming federal government led… Read More