Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) جميعت علماءِ پاکستان | |
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| Abbreviation | JUP |
| President | Pir Ijaz Hashmi (JUP-IN) Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair (JUP-N) |
| Chairman | Shah Anas Noorani (JUP-IN) |
| General Secretary | Shah Owais Noorani (JUP-IN) |
| Historical leaders | |
| Founders | Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Hasanaat Sayyed Qadri |
| Founded | March 28, 1948 |
| Student wing | Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam |
| Religion | Sunni Islam specifically, Barelvi |
| National affiliation | PDM |
| Colors | Green |
| Factions | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Imam Noorani (JUP-IN) Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Noorani (JUP-N) |
| Senate | 0 / 100 |
| National Assembly | 0 / 366 |
| Election symbol | |
| Key (JUP-N) Chitrali cap (JUP-IN) | |
Although, there are many of the small factions of JUP but the two larger factions are currently headed by Shah Owais Noorani, son of former JUP leader late Shah Ahmed Noorani, and the other by Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair namely Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Imam Noorani) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani) respectively. | |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) (Urdu: جميعت علماءِ پاکستان) is an Islamist political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1948 by leaders of All India Sunni Conference. The JUP exercised considerable political influence in Pakistani politics during the 1970s to 2003. Its students' wing Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam has a following in Sunni institutions across the country. The party is considered a moderate force in the country.