Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (S) جمیعت علماءِ اسلام (س)
Abbreviation	JUI-S
Ameer	Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani
Historical leader	Maulana Sami-ul-Haq
Founder	Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (founded JUI)
Founded	1945 (original) 1980 (current)
Split from	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Preceded by	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Headquarters	Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, Pakistan[1][2]
Student wing	Jamiat Talba-e-Islam (S)[3]
Ideology	Islamism (primarily Deobandi) Deobandi jihadism Pan-Islamism Clericalism Social conservatism
Political position	Far-right
National affiliation	Difa-e-Pakistan Council
Colors	Black & White
Senate	0 / 100
National Assembly	0 / 100
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (S)^[1] (Urdu: جمیعت علماءِ اسلام (س)) commonly known as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) is a political party in Pakistan. It was established in 1980, as a breakaway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) founded by Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani in 1945. The "S" in its name stands for the name of its leader, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq. A small party in the realm of Pakistani politics it achieved some success in 2002 when it joined the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a junior member of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) coalition government.^[4]