Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (Urdu: تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان, lit. '"Here-I-Am Movement Pakistan"'; abbr. TLP) is a far-right Islamic extremist 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] It failed to win any seat in the National Assembly or the Punjab Assembly, but won three seats in the Sindh Assembly.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان | |
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Abbreviation | TLP |
Ameer | Saad Hussain Rizvi |
Naib Ameer | Syed Zaheer Ul Hasan Shah |
Founder | Khadim Hussain Rizvi |
Founded | 1 August 2015 (9 years ago) (2015-08-01) Nishtar Park, Karachi, Sindh[1] |
Legalized | 7 November 2021 |
Banned | 15 April 2021 |
Headquarters | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Youth wing | Tehreek Youth Wing |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[7][8] |
Religion | Islam |
Punjab Assembly | 1 / 371 |
Election symbol | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
Official website | |
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]
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]