Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Also known as Lashkar i Jhangvi

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) was a Deobandi militant organization that was driven by a Takfiri anti-Shia ideology which operated in Pakistan, while being based in Southern Afghanistan. LeJ was an offshoot of anti-Shia party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). LeJ was founded by former SSP activists such as Riaz Basra, Malik Ishaq, Akram Lahori, and Ghulam Rasool Shah. LeJ operated in Pakistan and Southern Afghanistan until 2024.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1996 establishments in Pakistan, Anti-Shi'ism and Deobandi organisations.

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Key facts

Militant organization.name: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Militant organization.logo: border|200px
Militant organization.caption: Flag of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Militant organization.founders: Riaz BasraMalik IshaqAkram LahoriGhulam Rasool Shah
Militant organization.spokesman: Ali Abu Sufyan
Militant organization.dates: 1996–2024
Militant organization.leader: Riaz BasraMalik IshaqAkram LahoriGhulam Rasool ShahAsif ChotuQari Mohammad Yasin
Militant organization.country: (until 2024) (until 2025)
Militant organization.dissolution: 2025
Militant organization.motives: Extermination of the Shia community in Pakistan
Militant organization.headquarters: Afghanistan (until 2025)
Militant organization.area: Pakistan (until 2024)Afghanistan (until 2025)
Militant organization.ideology: Sunni IslamismDeobandi jihadismIslamic fundamentalismTakfirismAnti-Shi'ismAnti-Hazara sentiment
Militant organization.split_from: Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Militant organization.crimes: Terrorism, Sectarianism, Genocide, Ethnic cleansing, Mass murder, Rape, Torture
Militant organization.attacks: 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings January 2013 Pakistan bombings 2015 Attock bombing 2015 Parachinar bombing 2016 Quetta police training college attack 2019 Quetta bombing
Militant organization.status: Inactive/Defunct (Banned in Pakistan)
Militant organization.size: Unknown

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inception: 1996-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

Formation
Activities
Headquarters
After dissolution/desolation
Affiliations
Relationship with Al-Qaeda
Designation as a terrorist organization
Decline
Last major incidents
Individuals from multiple groups arrested
Arrest of CTD officer's murderers
Alleged involvement in ambush
Pakistani Security officials' claims
End of official encounters and attacks
See also
References
Notes
Further reading
External links

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi had claimed responsibility for various mass casualty attacks against the Shia community in Pakistan, including multiple bombings that killed over 200 Shia Hazara in Quetta in 2013. It had also been linked to the Mominpura Graveyard attack in 1998, the abduction of Daniel Pearl in 2002, and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009. A predominantly Punjabi and Pashtun group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi had been labelled by Pakistani intelligence officials as one of the country's most dangerous terrorist organizations in the country.

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