Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
لشکر جھنگوی
	Flag of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Founders	Riaz Basra †; Malik Ishaq †; Akram Lahori ; Ghulam Rasool Shah †
Leader	Riaz Basra †; Malik Ishaq †; Akram Lahori ; Ghulam Rasool Shah †; Asif Chotu †; Qari Mohammad Yasin †
Spokesman	Ali Abu Sufyan †
Dates of operation	1996–2024
Dissolved	2025
Split from	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Country	Pakistan (until 2024); Afghanistan (until 2025)
Motives	Extermination of the Shia community in Pakistan
Headquarters	Afghanistan (until 2025)
Active regions	Pakistan (until 2024); Afghanistan (until 2025)
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Deobandi jihadism; Islamic fundamentalism; Takfirism; Anti-Shi'ism; Anti-Hazara sentiment
Major actions	Terrorism, Sectarianism, Genocide, Ethnic cleansing, Mass murder, Rape, Torture
Notable 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;
Status	Inactive/Defunct (Banned in Pakistan)
Size	Unknown
Allies	Pakistani Taliban; ( TTP) TNSM; ; Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan ASJW; ; / Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Al-Qaeda AQIS; IMU; ; Turkistan Islamic Party; Jaish ul-Adl; Ansar Al-Furqan; Islamic State Pakistan Province; Khorasan Province IMU; Jundallah; ; ;
Opponents	State opponents Pakistan; Iran; Non-State opponents Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan; Liwa Zainebiyoun;
Battles and wars	Terrorism in Pakistan Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Insurgency in Balochistan; MQM militancy; ; Sectarian violence in Pakistan;
Designated as a terrorist group by	Australia; Canada; European Union; Pakistan; United Kingdom; United States; United Nations; Iran; NATO;

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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.

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.

Riaz Basra, the first Emir of LeJ, was killed in a police encounter in 2002. He was succeeded by Malik Ishaq, who was later killed, with Ghulam Rasool Shah, in another police encounter in Muzaffargarh in 2015.

LeJ was banned by Pakistan in August 2001. LeJ remained active until 2024, and had been designated as a terrorist organization by Australia, Canada, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, Iran, NATO, the European Union, and the United Nations.