Sunni Ittehad Council
Sunni Ittehad Council سنی اتحاد کونسل | |
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| Abbreviation | SIC |
| Leader | Sahibzada Hamid Raza |
| Founder | Muhammad Fazal Karim |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Barelvi) |
| National affiliation | DPC |
| Senate of Pakistan | 14 / 96 |
| National Assembly of Pakistan | 80 / 336 |
| Provincial Assembly of Balochistan | 0 / 65 |
| Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 91 / 145 |
| Provincial Assembly of Sindh | 17 / 168 |
| Provincial Assembly of Punjab | 114 / 371 |
| Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly | 26 / 49 |
| Election symbol | |
| Horse | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| https://twitter.com/_SICPak | |
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The Sunni Ittehad Council is a Pakistani political party, founded as a political alliance of Islamist and Barelvi religious parties in Pakistan, with a right-wing political position.
SIC was formed in 2009 in its head office 3 Malik road Faisalabad and the current member parties of the Sunni Ittehad Council include the Aalmi Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat of Pir Afzal Qadri (of Gujrat) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was founded by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi. Later, it broke into many factions.
One of the breakaway 'F' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was established by Muhammad Fazal Karimand Haji Hanif Tayyab. Now, this faction is working under the leadership of Sahibzada Hamid Raza.
Another breakaway 'M' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan was working under Sayyid Mahfooz Shah Sahib Mashahdi (Peer of Bhikhi Sharif, Mandi Bahaudin). It also became part of Sunni Ittehad Council.
After the 2024 election, the winning independent candidates supported by PTI joined this party at Imran Khan's behest.