Milli Muslim League

The Milli Muslim League is an Islamist political party launched by its president Saifullah Khalid. The professed aim of the party is to make Pakistan "a real Islamic and welfare state". The Election Commission of Pakistan does not recognise the party. The United States Department of State regards it as a front for the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. It also stated that its president Saifullah has ties with the alleged terrorist organization.

History
Jamat ud Dawa members announced on 7 August 2017 the creation of the political party. MML President Saifullah Khalid described the aim of the party saying, "We have decided to make a new political party, so that Pakistan is to made a real Islamic and welfare state." Tabish Qayyum, acting as the party spokesman stated they had filed registration papers for a new party with the Election Commission of Pakistan. Later in August, JuD under the banner of the MML fielded a candidate for the 2017 by-election of Constituency NA-120. Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate. Saifullah Khalid stated that they would support Sheikh and he was contesting the election as an independent as the MML was still in the process of getting registered.

The Election Commission of Pakistan in September 2017 however refused to grant recognition to the MML and warned leaders against using the party's name during election campaigns. Yaqoob Sheikh came fourth in the NA-120 by-election, securing 5,822 votes. MML announced support for an independent candidate, Alhaj Liaqat Ali Khan, running for the NA-4 by-election, on 4 October. Liaqat Ali Khan secured 3,557 votes in the election which was won by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The registration application of the party was meanwhile rejected by ECP on 12 October.

Hafiz Saeed announced in December, a few days after his release from house arrest on 24 November, that his organization would contest the 2018 elections. Since its registration was rejected, it fielded its candidates under another party, the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek. However, the party failed to win any seats.

Designated as a Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State
On 2 April 2018, the U.S. Department of State designated the MML as well as the Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir as aliases of the designated terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. The department said that MML was a political front for LeT. Both aliases were included in the Foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) list under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under Executive Order 13224. Facebook removed accounts and pages of the party on 15 July.