Difa-e-Pakistan Council
Defence of Pakistan Council دفاعِ پاکستان کونسل | |
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| Abbreviation | DPC (2011-) PADC (2001-2011) |
| President | Ahmed Ludhianvi (2018-) |
| Chairperson | Hamid-ul-Haq (2011-2025) |
| Secretary-General | Siraj-ul-Haq |
| Spokesperson | Abdul Rashid Ghazi (2001-2007) |
| Founder | Sami-ul-Haq Azam Tariq Abdul Rashid Ghazi Hamid Gul |
| Founded | 2001 (as PADC) 2011 (as DPC) |
| Succeeded by | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal |
| Ideology | Islamism Pan-Islamism Conservatism Factions: Deobandism Salafism Islamic democracy Ahl-i Hadith Ziaism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Religion | Islam |
The Difa-e-Pakistan Council (Urdu: دفاعِ پاکستان کونسل, lit. Defence of Pakistan Council, abbreviated as DPC) formerly named Pakistan-Afghanistan Defense Council (Urdu: دفاعِ پاکستان افغانستان کونسل, abbreviated as PADC) is an umbrella coalition of more than 40 Pakistani Political and Religious right-wing groups.
The coalition advocated policies such as opposition to War in Afghanistan, closing NATO supply routes to Afghanistan and rejected granting India most-favored nation status.
The council is an alliance of right-wing groups, some of which are banned terrorist outfits and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal was a breakaway group of the council formed in 2002. In 2001, Sami-ul-Haq was appointed the president of the council.
The organization includes leaders of Jamatud Dawa (JuD) and is led by Ahmed Ludhianvi, the leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) and Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, is the vice president of the council.