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Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
(جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف
President Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman
Founder Mufti Mahmud (founded JUI)
Fazal-ur-Rehman (founded JUI-F)
Founded 1988 (1988)
Preceded by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Ideology Religious conservatism
Political position Hard right
Colors          Black & White
Senate
5 / 104
National Assembly
13 / 342
Punjab Assembly
1 / 371
Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
16 / 124
Balochistan Assembly
8 / 65
Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly
1 / 33
Election symbol
Book
Party flag
JUI-Flag1.jpeg
Website
www.juipak.org.pk

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (Urdu: (جمیعت علمائے اسلام (ف; English: Assembly of Islamic Clerics;Acronym: JUI(F), JUI-F, or JUIF) is a Sunni Deobandi political party in Pakistan. Established as JUI (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam) in 1945, it is the result of a factional split of 1988, F standing for the name of its leader, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.

JUI-F is as of 2013 Pakistan's 5th largest party, winning 3.2% of the popular vote, or 15 out of 272 general seats in the National Assembly. It is entirely based in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern parts of Baluchistan. The party is in coalition with Pakistan's current ruling party Pakistan Muslim League (N).

The JUI-S faction, led by Samiul Haq, is of regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but has no representation on the national level. The split of JUI into two factions was due to dissent over the policy of president Zia-ul-Haq of supporting Mujahideen outfits in the Afghanistan war during the 1980s. A more recent faction known as JUI-N, split off JUI-F in 2008, is also unrepresented at the national level.


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