Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP)

جميعت علماءِ پاکستان
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) جميعت علماءِ پاکستان
Abbreviation	JUP
President	Pir Ijaz Hashmi (JUP-IN); Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair (JUP-N)
Chairman	Shah Anas Noorani (JUP-IN)
General Secretary	Shah Owais Noorani (JUP-IN)
Historical leaders	Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi; Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni; Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi; Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah; Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi; Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi; Muhammad Fazal Karim; Malik Muhammad Suleman ;
Founders	Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi ; Hasanaat Sayyed Qadri
Founded	28 March 1948
Student wing	Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam
Religion	Sunni Islam specifically, Barelvi
National affiliation	Pakistan Democratic Movement (JUP-IN); Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (JUP-IN)
Colors	Green
Factions	Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Imam Noorani (JUP-IN) ; Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan - Noorani (JUP-N)
Senate	0 / 100
National Assembly	Assembly dissolved
Election symbol
	Key (JUP-N); Chitrali cap (JUP-IN);
	Politics of Pakistan; Political parties; Elections; Although, there are many of the small factions of JUP but the two larger factions are currently headed by Shah Owais Noorani, son of former JUP leader late Shah Ahmed Noorani, and the other by Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair namely Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Imam Noorani) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani) respectively.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) (Urdu: جميعت علماءِ پاکستان) is an Islamist political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1948 by leaders of All India Sunni Conference. The JUP exercised considerable political influence in Pakistani politics during the 1970s to 2003. Its students' wing Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam has a considerable following in Sunni institutions across the country. The party is considered a moderate force in the country.

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