Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz

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The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML–N) is a centrist political party in Pakistan. It is one of the three major mainstream political parties alongside the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. PML–N currently holds the most seats in the National Assembly; and third-most in the Senate. Led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the party currently heads the federal coalition government; alongside a majoritarian government in Punjab under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, whose is daughter of Nawaz Sharif while serving as a coalition partner in the PPP-led government in Balochistan. The PML–N emerged as one of the factions of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in 1993, following the dissolution of the Islami Jamhuri Ittihad (IJI), of which it was widely regarded as the successor. The PML–N lost the 1993 general election to its main rival, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) but won the 1997 general election and formed their first government under founder and namesake Nawaz Sharif...

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