LAHORE: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a party considered to be backed by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has fielded candidates for each and every national and provincial assembly constituency in the Feb 8, 2024 general election.

Hafiz Saeed’s son Talha Saeed is also in the run. He is contesting from National Assembly’s constituency NA-127, Lahore, while PMML’s central president Khalid Masood Sindhu is taking part from NA-130, against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The electoral symbol for the PMML is chair.

A spokesperson for the PMML tells Dawn that they had pitched their candidates for all NA and provincial seats across the country. “We have left no seat uncontested,” says Tabish Qayyum.

However, he says that his party will be ready to make seat adjustments if and when contacted.

The PMML had taken part as Milli Muslim League, the political face of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in the 2018 general election but it failed to show any promising results from any constituency.

The PMML emerged after the Milli League was banned by the government.

Mr Qayyum says that party’s senior vice-president Faisal Nadeem is contesting from NA-235, Karachi, finance secretary AR Naqvi from PP-156, Hafiz Abdul Rauf for NA-119, Khalid Naik Gujjar for PP-162, Punjab general secretary Muzamil Iqbal Hashmi from NA-77, Gujranwala.

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2023