The TJP was banned twice by Pervez Musharraf's government and in January 2002, its leaders were arrested. On January 12, 2002, the TJP was banned along with three terrorist organizations, by the government of Pakistan. Furthermore, the elections of moderate Benazir Bhutto also gave increased confidence to Shia Muslims and they were no longer under threat and the discrimination ended even though it still exist against the Pakistani Shias. On October 19, 2001, TJP leader Nazir Ahmed Abbas was shot and killed at his shop in the city of Vehari, located in the Punjab province.įollowing the death of Zia-ul-Haq, support for the TJP fell, as Pakistani Shias went back to pre-Zia-ul-Haq political loyalties, with many no longer feeling under threat. was led by Hussaini's one of the foremost companions Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi. The TJP founder, Arif Hussain Hussaini was assassinated in 1988 by unknown attackers.Īrif Hussain Hussaini, the patron-in-chief of the TJP, was shot dead in Peshawar near his mosque/seminary while going to lead the morning prayer on August 5, 1988. Later in 1988, Arif Hussain Hussaini changed the name of his group from TNFJ-Arif Hussaini group to Tehreek-e-Jafaria (TJP) while Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi's group retained the name of TNFJ and has been operating under the same name since. Its leader, Arif Hussain Hussaini was a student of the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini. The revolution in predominantly Shia Iran around the same time gave an added boost to the organisation. Its creation coincided with the Shia revolution in Iran and enforcement of controversial Islamic laws by the military ruler of Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq. Arif Hussain Hussaini, a student of Ruhollah Khomeini who led the Iranian Revolution, was the group's leader. Hassan Turabi was the head of party in Sindh province, like Taqi Naqvi heads the party in Punjab.Īfter the death of Mufti Jafar Hussain TNFH split into two groups named TNFJ- Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi group and TNFJ- Arif Hussaini group respectively due to ideological differences between the two leaders.
After Arif Hussain's assassination, Sajid Naqvi was elected the next president. It was then led by Hassan Turabi It was never led by Hassan Turabi. After Mufti Jafar Hussain's demise, the young Arif Hussain al-Hussaini was asked by senior ulema like Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi and Safdar Hussain Najafi to accept the leadership. After his demise, Mufti Jafar Hussain was elected its president. It was founded by a committee of Shia ulema, and Syed Muhammad Dehlavi of Karachi was elected its first president.
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