Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan ("JUP") (Urdu: جميعت علماء پاکستان) (Assembly of Pakistani Clergy) is a political party in Pakistan. It is part of the Islamic fundamentalist Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, that won at the last legislative elections, 20 october 2002, 11.3 of the popular vote and 53 out of 272 elected members.

It is of the Barelvi school of Islamic thinking also known as Ahle Sunnah in South Asia. JUP was founded and headed until 2004 by the late Allama Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi. After him, his son Shah Anas Noorani took charge of JUP. However, Anas Noorani resigned from the post of president in March 2008. [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008


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