Ansarul Sharia Pakistan

Ansarul Sharia Pakistan
FounderSheheryar aka Abdullah Hashmi (POW)
Dates of operationFebruary 2017 - May 2019
AllegianceAl-Qaeda
Active regionsKarachi
IdeologyIslamism
Islamic extremism
Qutbism
Anti-Secularism
Anti-Liberalism
Alliesal-Qaeda
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
Pakistani Taliban
Battles and warsWar on terror
Designated as a terrorist group by Pakistan

Ansarul Sharia Pakistan (Urdu: انصار الشیعیعہ جماعات; ASP) was an Islamist militant group based in Karachi, Pakistan. The organization was founded in February 2017. The group was known for committing many attacks, at one point it was performing attacks on a weekly basis. The group claimed that it had recruited members from South Punjab, Balochistan, and Waziristan. The group had also claimed to have ties to Al-Qaeda.