Sunni Ittehad Council سنی اتحاد کونسل | |
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| Abbreviation | SIC |
| Chairman | Sahibzada Hamid Raza |
| Founder | Muhammad Fazal Karim |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[1] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Barelvi) |
| National affiliation | Difa-e-Pakistan Council[2] Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin |
| Senate | 1 / 100 |
| National Assembly | 80 / 336 [3] |
| Balochistan Assembly | 1 / 65 |
| KPK Assembly | 87 / 145 |
| Sindh Assembly | 5 / 168 |
| Punjab Assembly | 103 / 371 |
| Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | 0 / 33 |
| Azad Kashmir Assembly | 0 / 49 |
| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| https://twitter.com/_SICPak | |
The Sunni Ittehad Council (Ittehad in Urdu for "unity", from al-Ittihad in Arabic meaning "united" or "jointly") is a political alliance of Islamic political and Barelvi religious parties in Pakistan which represents followers of the school of Sunni Islam.[4]
SIC was formed in 2009 and the current member parties of the Sunni Ittehad Council include the Aalmi Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat of Pir Afzal Qadri (of Gujrat) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was founded by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi.[5] Later, it broke into many factions.
One of the breakaway 'F' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was established by Sahibzada Fazl Kareem and Haji Hanif Tayyab. Now, this faction is working under the leadership of Sahibzada Hamid Raza.[6]
Another breakaway 'M' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan was working under Sayyid Mahfooz Shah Sahib Mashahdi (Peer of Bhikhi Sharif, Mandi Bahaudin). It also became part of Sunni Ittehad Council.
After the 2024 election, the winning independent candidates supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf joined this party at Imran Khan's behest.[7]
- ^ Dawn.com (19 February 2024). "PTI-backed independents to join Sunni Ittehad Council: Barrister Gohar". Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council to launch Difa-e-Pakistan drive". The News International (newspaper). 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan: Members". National Assembly of Pakistan. 20 October 2024. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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DunyaNewswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council moves ECP for allocation of reserved seats". Pakistan today. 20 February 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.