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M.S.F
« on: May 05, 2008, 04:59:59 PM »
Muslim Students Federation (MSF)

The student wing of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML). Supported Ayub Khan till 1965, but joined the NSF’s agitation against the Ayub regime in the late 1960s. Withered away in the 1970s before being revamped and revived in the late 1980s by the Zia-backed PML. Supported the Nawaz Sharif faction of the PML in the 1990s.

Ideology: populist (1960s); conservative (1970s-80s); populist-conservative (1990s-2000s).

Famous former members: Nawaz Sharif (former prime minister); Jawad Ahmed (pop singer).