Pakistan Sunni Tehreek سنی تحریک | |
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| President | Sarwat Ejaz Qadri[1][2] |
| General Secretary | Ahmed Bilal Qadri[2] |
| Founder | Muhammad Saleem Qadri |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Ideology | Pan-Islamism Islamism |
| Political position | Far-right[citation needed] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (specifically majority, Barelvi) |
| Colors | Green |
| Election symbol | |
Table Lamp (2018 General Elections)[3] | |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
Pakistan Sunni Tehreek or simply Sunni Tehreek is a Pakistani Barlevi organization. The organization was founded by Muhammad Saleem Qadri in 1990 in order to prevent Barelevi mosques from being seized by Deobandi and Wahabi organizations. [4] It also sees itself as a defender of Barelvis from attacks from Deobandis and Wahabi Muslims.[5]
The Islamist group is known for its strong support of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, and for its hardline support of the death penalty for those accused of committing blasphemy.[6] Sunni Tehreek is vocal in its support of Mumtaz Qadri, the bodyguard who murdered Punjab's governor Salman Taseer after Taseer called for reform of blasphemy laws.[7] Supporters of the organization assaulted the popular former pop-star Junaid Jamshed, and called for his prosecution under the blasphemy laws.[8]
The party was delisted in January 2024 by the Election Commission of Pakistan for failing to conduct intra-party elections.
- ^ "List of Enlisted Political Parties" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. 23 January 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
tribunewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Pakistan Election 2018: List of Political Parties and their Symbols for General Election 2018". THe News. Pakistan. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Karachi suicide blasts have Al-Qaida links". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ Yusuf, Huma (July 2012). "Sectarian violence: Pakistan's greatest security threat?" (PDF). Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Ditching the tag of mysticism, Barelvi militancy rears head in form of Sunni Tehreek". Geo TV. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Sunni Tehreek demands police charge Shaan Taseer with blasphemy". Pakistan Today. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Who is Junaid Jamshed? Pakistan singer feared dead in plane crash". Coventry Telegraph. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.