A startling revelation has emerged from Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Imran Liaquat Bhatti, a cadre of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the President of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) for South Punjab, boldly admitted that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is indeed the actual leader of PMML. On October 25, 2025, at a public gathering, Bhatti declared that Hafiz Saeed had personally instructed his associates to 'care for PMML'.
Bhatti's statement makes it clear that Pakistan Markazi Muslim League has a direct connection with the banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. This admission confirms longstanding suspicions that PMML is not an independent political entity but rather a façade of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, donned to evade sanctions. After the ban on the Muslim League, Hafiz Saeed rebranded it as PMML, serving merely as a political shield for Lashkar-e-Taiba's activities.
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The terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, founded in the 1980s by Hafiz Saeed, has been responsible for numerous horrific attacks in India, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the 2025 Pahalgam attack. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations and several countries. PMML is viewed as its political front, facilitating continued Lashkar activities through Jamaat-ud-Dawa. In 2018, the U.S. Department of State declared Hafiz Saeed's party 'Milli Muslim League' as the political front for Lashkar-e-Taiba. Following the ban on MML, it was relaunched under the name PMML.
