Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP)
| native_name = جميعت علماءِ پاکستان
| native_name_lang = ur
| logo = JUP logo.png
| abbreviation = JUP
| founders = Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi{{Cite news|date=24 October 2017|title=Awais Noorani slams JI politics|url=https://nation.com.pk/24-Oct-2017/awais-noorani-slams-ji-politics|access-date=1 September 2021|work=The Nation (newspaper)|language=en}}
Hasanaat Sayyed Qadri
| president = Pir Ijaz Hashmi{{Cite web|date=31 March 2019|title=JUP to launch Shariah movement|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/451174-jup-to-launch-shariah-movement|access-date=31 May 2021|website=The News International|language=en}} (JUP-IN)
Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair (JUP-N)
| chairman = Shah Anas Noorani (JUP-IN)
| general_secretary = Shah Owais Noorani (JUP-IN)
| leader1_name = {{bulleted list|Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi|Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni|Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi|Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah|Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi|Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi|Muhammad Fazal Karim}}
| leader1_title = Historical leaders
| logo_size = 150px
| colorcode = {{party color|Jamiat Ulama-e-Pakistan}}
| colors = {{color box|#47B36E}} Green
| student_wing = Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam
| national = PDM
| founded = {{start date and age|1948|03|28}}
| religion = Sunni Islam specifically, Barelvi
| symbol = Key{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/documents/confidential%20wing/List%20of%20Election%20Symbols%20Alloted%20Political%20Party9220.pdf|title=116 Election Symbols to political parties|publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan|website=|access-date=23 March 2022|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424024704/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/documents/confidential%20wing/List%20of%20Election%20Symbols%20Alloted%20Political%20Party9220.pdf|url-status=dead}} (JUP-N)
Chitrali cap (JUP-IN)
70px
| blank1_title = Factions
| blank1 = Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Imam Noorani (JUP-IN)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Noorani (JUP-N)
| flag =
| country = Pakistan
| seats1_title = Senate
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|100|{{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan}}}}
| seats2_title = National Assembly
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|366|{{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan}}}}
| footnotes = 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.{{Cite web|title=List of Enlisted Political Parties|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/documents/confidential%20wing/Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%20(3).pdf|access-date=23 March 2022|date=3 March 2022|website=|publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan|archive-date=8 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071913/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/documents/confidential%20wing/Enlisted%20Political%20Parties%20with%20ECP%2027-2-2023.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1185|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414194151/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1185|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2021|title=Jamiatul Ulama-i Pakistan - Oxford Islamic Studies Online|website=}} The party is considered a moderate force in the country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/jamiat-ulema-e-pakistan-jup|title=Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) | Terrorist Groups | TRAC|website=}}{{Better source needed|date=November 2024}}
History
It was established on 28 March 1948 in Multan by the leaders of All India Sunni Conference to present Sunni Sufi representation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It had a major support base in Sindh and Punjab.{{cite journal |last1=Hussain |first1=Mazher |last2=Rizvi |first2=Shahid Hassan |last3=Ahmad |first3=Mian Saeed |last4=Gillani |first4=Aftab Hussain |last5=Gillani |first5=Azra Nasreen |last6=Mphil |first6=Almas Fatima |title=Religio-political Discourse and Jam'iyyat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP): A Careful Study of Different Narratives (1970–2003) |journal=International Journal of Social Science Studies |date=2016 |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=24–36 |doi=10.11114/ijsss.v4i6.1457|doi-access=free}}
JUP supported Ayub Khan's regime during the 1965 presidential elections on the promises of getting a Shariah-based Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/sa/sa_may01kus01.html|title = The Role of Islamic Parties in Pakistani Politics}}
In the 1970 elections, the JUP won seven seats in Sindh Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p686 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} under the leadership of Maulana Ahmad Shah Noorani; the party did not join General Zia Ul Haq government due to Salafi-Saudi inclination of the Zia regime. The party was opposed to Zia's military rule for two reasons. First was its pro-democracy stand and second because of Zia's support of Deobandi-Wahhabi Islam promoted by Saudi Arabia.{{cite journal | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301539460 | title=Religio-political Discourse and Jam'iyyat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP): A Careful Study of Different Narratives (1970-2003) | journal=International Journal of Social Science Studies | first1=Mazher | last1=Hussain | first2=Shahid Hassan | last2=Rizvi | first3=Mian Saeed | last3=Ahmad | first4=Aftab Hussain | last4=Gillani | first5=Azra Nasreen | last5=Gillani | first6=Almas | last6=Fatima | volume=4 | issue=6 | date=April 2016 | doi=10.11114/ijsss.v4i6.1457 | accessdate=8 June 2021 | doi-access=free }}
Ideology
JUP was established for the implementation of the Quran and Sunnah in the newly formed Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The party advocated the establishment of Islamic system of Prophet's Sunnah (Nizam-e-Mustafa) Shariat Courts and passing of law of blasphemy and played a role in declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslims. In 1974 a bill was passed in the parliament to declare Ahmadis as non-Muslims through the efforts of JUP President Shah Ahmad Noorani.
JUP through its leaders inserted the definition of Muslim and argued that the Finality of Prophethood to be included in this definition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/jup.htm|title=Jamiaat-e-Ulamma-Pakistan [JUP] Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan [JUP] Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, Niazi faction (JUP/NI) Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, Noorani faction (JUP/NO)|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}
It opposed to the US-led attack in Afghanistan after 9/11 but supported combating the Taliban and hardcore extremist ideologies in the Swat region of Pakistan.
Present
The party was mostly active from 1970s to 2003 as independent political party and having a role in mainstream politics and significance as well.
Clashes over party decisions have divided the JUP into factions, and since 1986 the JUP has lost much of its support. The two main factions are headed by Shah Ahmad Noorani and Abdus Sattar Niazi. After the death of Noorani, one faction is led by Shah Owais Noorani, son of former president late Shah Ahmed Noorani, and the other by Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, a former MNA of Hyderabad.{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Mohammad Hussain|date=2014-02-17|title=Noorani's JUP splits into two factions|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1087568|access-date=2021-05-09|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}
On 20 September 2020, JUP founded Pakistan Democratic Movement along with ten other parties. On 20 September 2020, JAH's Ameer Sajid Mir attended the All Parties Conference (APC). At the APC, eleven parties started the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) which was made to remove military establishment of Pakistan from politics. JUP also came for PDM's public gatherings and power-shows.{{cite book|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg246af.15|author=Fair, C. Christine|title=Islam and Politics in Pakistan|year=2004|pages=247–296|publisher=RAND Corporation|jstor=10.7249/mg246af.15|isbn=9780833035349|accessdate=2021-04-09}}
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