Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F

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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIP), commonly known as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazal (JUI–F), is an Islamic fundamentalist and Islamist political party in Pakistan. Established as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 1945, it is the result of a factional split in 1988 with 'F' standing for the name of its leader, Fazal-ur-Rehman. It has been called "the biggest religio-political party" in Pakistan, with the largest "proven street power", among all the political and religious parties of Pakistan. At the time of its inception it was based in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which are mostly inhabited by Pashtuns, but over the years it has cemented its electoral base into Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab. The JUI–F is the largest splinter group of the original JUI, which split into two factions in 1980 over the policy of Pakistani president Zia-ul-Haq of supporting Mujahideen outfits in the Afghanistan war. The other faction, the much smaller JUI–S, led by Samiul Haq, is of regional significance in Khyber...

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