From LeT to the Ballot Box: The Alarming Rise of Hafiz Saeed’s Deputy: Faisal Nadeem and Pakistan’s PMML

By [Adil Raja] | Published: July 11, 2025

Jul 11, 2025

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A new wave of extremist infiltration into Pakistani politics is raising red flags across South Asia, as U.S.-designated terrorist Faisal Nadeem resurfaces at the helm of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML)—a political party widely seen as a rebranded front for the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Nadeem, who was blacklisted by the U.S. …

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