Muslim League (Pakistan)

Muslim League مسلم لیگ মুসলিম লীগ
Leader	Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Founded	August 14, 1947 Karachi, Pakistan
Dissolved	1958 (by martial law)
Preceded by	All India Muslim League
Succeeded by	Awami League Pakistan Muslim League
Headquarters	Karachi
Newspaper	Dawn
Ideology	Muslim nationalism Two-Nation Theory
Colors	Green
Politics of Pakistan Political parties Elections

Muslim League was the original successor of All India Muslim League that led the Pakistan Movement achieving an independent nation. After formation of Pakistan, the party was renamed to Muslim League (Pakistan) which came to an end soon after Muhammad Ali Jinnah's death on the first martial law in 1958.

On the foundation of Pakistan, the President of the Muslim League, Jinnah, became the new nation's Governor-General, and the secretary general of the Muslim League, Liaquat Ali Khan became Prime Minister. The All India Muslim League was disbanded in December 1947 and succeeded by two organisations, the Muslim League and the Indian Union Muslim League, the first being its original successor in Pakistan. Jinnah resigned as the president of the Muslim League on 17 December and the two Muslim Leagues respectively elected Ch. Khaliquzzaman as President of the Muslim League, Pakistan and QUAID-E-MILATH Muhammad Ismail as the president for Indian Union Muslim League.

Jinnah died in September 1948 and Liaquat was assassinated in October 1951. Robbed of its two senior leaders, the League began to disintegrate. By 1953, dissensions within the League had led to the formation of several different political parties. Liaquat was succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin, a Bengali, who was forced out of office in April 1953. Pakistan was racked by riots and famine, and at the first national elections in May 1955 (held by a system of indirect voting) the League was heavily defeated.

In October 1958 the Army seized power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan banned all political parties. This was the end of the old Muslim League.

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