Ansar ul-Islam (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with Ansar al-Islam, Muhammad Ahsan Dar § Ansarul Islam, Jabhat Ansar al-Islam, or Ansaru.

Ansar ul-Islam was founded in 2004 by Pir Saif-ur Rehman, an Afghan Sufi preacher, influenced by the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam.^[1] They are a militant Islamist group in North-west Pakistan and are rivals of Lashkar-e-Islam.^[2][3]

Ansar ul Islam
Leaders	Qazi Mehboob-ul-Haq
Dates of operation	2004 – present

The group was being led by Qazi Mehboob-ul-Haq in 2013^[update].^[1]

The group was banned by the Pakistani government in June 2008,^[4] and the ban was renewed in Pakistan's 2014 National Internal Security Policy.^[5]