Islamic State – Pakistan Province

The Islamic State – Pakistan Province^[a] (ISPP) is the Pakistani branch of the Islamic State.

Islamic State – Pakistan Province
Leaders	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014–2019) † (Leader of IS) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) † (Leader of IS) Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (February 2022–October 2022) † (Leader of IS) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023) † (Leader of IS) Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) (Leader of IS)
Dates of operation	2019–present
Split from	Islamic State - Khorasan Province
Active regions	Pakistan (Punjab Province, Balochistan Province, Azad Kashmir), Iran (Sistan and Balochistan province)
Ideology	Islamic Statism Sunni Islamism Pan-Islamism Islamic extremism Islamic Fundamentalism Qutbism Salafism Salafist Jihadism Anti-Barelvi Anti-Deobandi Anti-Sikh sentiment Anti-Hindu sentiment Anti-Zionism Antisemitism Anti-Christian sentiment Anti-Shi'ism
Part of	Islamic State
Allies	Islamic State - Khorasan Province
Opponents	Pakistan  Afghanistan  China  India  Iran Pakistani Taliban

History

In May 2019, the Islamic State announced the creation of Pakistan Province on Amaq News Agency. Prior to the creation of ISPP, the ISKP was in charge of Islamic State activities in all of Pakistan. ISKP is active in KPK, while ISPP is active in Pakistani provinces Punjab, Balochistan and Azad Kashmir, as well as Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. It is a separate group from the unofficial ISJK faction. Shortly after its creation, ISPP killed a Pakistani policeman in Mastung and a TTP militant in Quetta.^[1][2][3] ISPP also killed Shia Hazara refugees.^[4][5] Immediately after the creation of ISPP, the Government of Punjab called for measures against ISPP.^[6]

ISPP has claimed responsibility for the 2024 Sibi bombing and 2024 Balochistan bombings.^[7]

On 15 April 2025, a bus carrying personnel from the Pakistani security forces was targeted with an improvised explosive device, resulting in the deaths of three soldiers and injuries to twenty others.^[8] The Islamic State – Pakistan Province, a regional affiliate of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the attack.^[9]

Notes

1. Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية باكستان, romanized: ad-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah – Wilāyat Bākistan,
   Urdu: اسلامی ریاست - پاکستان صوبہ, romanized: islami ryast - pakistan subah,
   Punjabi: اسلامک سٹیٹ – پاکستان صوبہ, romanized: Isalāmika saṭēṭa - pākisatāna sūbā,
   Pashto: اسلامي دولت – پاکستان ولایت, romanized: islami dawlat - pakistan wilayat
   Balochi: ریاست اسلامی – استان پاکستان, romanized: ryásti islámi - estáni pákistán

See also

• Islamic State – Bengal Province, IS in Bangladesh
• Islamic State – Hind Province, IS in India