Ijaz, son of former military dictator Zia ul Haq
...the creepy-looking former dictator of Pakistain. Zia was an Islamic nutball who imposed his nutballery on the rest of the country with the enthusiastic assistance of the nation's religious parties, which are populated by other nutballs. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976 by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, whom he hanged when he seized power. His time in office was a period of repression, with hundreds of thousands of political rivals, minorities, and journalists executed or tortured, including senior general officers convicted in coup-d'état plots, who would normally be above the law. As part of his alliance with the religious parties, his government helped run the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, providing safe havens, American equipiment, Saudi money, and Pak handlers to selected mujaheddin. Zia died along with several of his top generals and admirals and the then United States Ambassador to Pakistain Arnold Lewis Raphel when he was assassinated in a suspicious air crash near Bahawalpur in 1988..., said that he would formally announce his decision in a few days after meeting with PML-N Chief
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
He said that he took this decision because he wanted alliance of the Mohammedan League. Adding that, he said that he was always part of the Mohammedan League and will always be.
Ijaz remained federal minister for Labour, Manpower and overseas Paks from 1997- 1999 in Nawaz Sharif's government.He stepped down from the post following differences with Sharif, who was tossed shortly afterwards by General
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
in 1999.
Forming his own PML splinter faction, Zia ul Haq, Ijaz was elected to the National Assembly for a record fourth time in the 2002 general election. Initially allying himself with Musharraf's PML-Q party, he was appointed federal minister for religious affairs.
He lost for the first time in the 2008 general election, and resigned from the PML-Q in February 2010.
His revived PML-Zia upset the Pakistain Peoples Party in Bahawalnagar for Member of the Provincial Assembly in March 2010.