Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان
AbbreviationTLP
AmeerSaad Hussain Rizvi
Naib AmeerSyed Zaheer Ul Hasan Shah
FounderKhadim Hussain Rizvi
Founded1 August 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-08-01)
Nishtar Park, Karachi, Sindh[1]
Legalized7 November 2021
Banned15 April 2021
HeadquartersLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Youth wingTehreek Youth Wing
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[7][8]
ReligionIslam
Punjab Assembly
1 / 371
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Party flag
Website
Official website
Islam in Pakistan
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
History
Major figures
Schools of thought
Schools of law
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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (Urdu: تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان, lit. '"Here-I-Am Movement of Pakistan"'; abbr. TLP) is a far-right Islamist political party in Pakistan.[9][10][4][11][7] The party was founded by Khadim Hussain Rizvi in August 2015.[12][13][14] It was the fifth largest party in Pakistan at the time of the 2018 Pakistani general election, and secured over 2.2 million votes.[15][16] TLP currently holds one seat(Mehmood Ahmad PP-55 Narowal-II) in the Punjab Assembly of Pakistan.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik is known for its violent protests against any changes to the blasphemy law in Pakistan,[8] the killing of police,[17] and calls for deaths of Supreme Court justices.[18] It demands that Sharia be established as the Islamic fundamental law in Pakistan, through a gradual legal and political process.[2][19] However, the TLP has repeatedly resorted to violent protests and mobs used to blackmail and coerce the government into agreeing to their demands.[20][21]

Most of the party's members belong to the Barelvi movement.[15][16] Despite being banned, TLP was allowed to contest the elections and secured third place in Karachi by-elections.[22] The party organized the 2021 Pakistani protests.[23]

Flag of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has been called "the political wing" of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR), a religiopolitical group that Khadim Hussain Rizvi also founded and led.[24]

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