Jamaat-e-Islami

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Party Name:	Jamaat-e-Islami
Founder	Syed Abul Ala Maududi
Date/Year Founded	26th August 1941
Geographic Focus	National
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Past Party Heads	Syed Abul Ala Maududi Mian Tufail Mohammad Qazi Hussain Ahmed
Office bearers: 1. Party Head 2. General Secretary	Syed Munawar Hassan, Ameer Liaqat Baloch
Stance	JI espouses an Islamic welfare state where basic needs like food, clothing, housing, health, education and justice is accessible to all and where people can vote the governments in and out of power. The Jammat strongly supports legislation with Islamic elements, such as the Hudood Ordinance or Blasphemy law and would resist any effort to amend them. Jammat has been consistently critical of the ‘war on terror’ and the military action in Tribal Areas. It favours negotiations with the Taliban. It is also critical of the alliance with the US, which it regards akin to slavery.
Slogan/Punch line	Umeed Awam Ki Tabdeeli Nzam Ki
Issues in Focus	Establishment of a real Islamic Welfare State Restoration of national independence & sovereignty Self reliance
Participation in Elections	Participated: 1970,1988, 1990, 1993, 2002 Boycotted: 1997, 2008
Representation in Parliament- From 1970-2013	1970, 1988, (2002, on platform of MMA), 2013
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Website:	http://jamaat.org
Contact:	Mansoora, Multan Road, Lahore.Ph: 042-7844605-9/5419520-24 Fax: 7832194
Prominent Personalities	Professor Khursheed Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Mehnati Fareed Ahmed Paracha Siraj Ul Haq Ameer Ul Azeem