Sunni Ittehad Council
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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.[5]
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[2] |
Religion | Sunni Islam (Barelvi) |
National affiliation | Difa-e-Pakistan Council[3] Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin |
Senate | 1 / 100 |
National Assembly | 83 / 336 [4] |
Balochistan Assembly | 0 / 65 |
KPK Assembly | 93 / 145 |
Sindh Assembly | 9 / 168 |
Punjab Assembly | 103 / 371 |
Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | 0 / 33 |
Azad Kashmir Assembly | 0 / 49 |
Election symbol | |
Horse | |
Website | |
https://twitter.com/_SICPak | |
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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]