Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P) (Urdu: سپاہ محمد پاکستان; Arabic: سباه محمد الباكستانيه; English: Soldiers of Muhammad) was a Shia organisation and political party in Pakistan.

Yazdani's nephew Malik Muhammad Wasi Ul Baqar is attempting to take control of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan Sipah-e-Muhammad's primary aim was to target the sectarian leadership of the banned terrorist Deobandi militia Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shia Muslims, it was claimed to be reforming.

[clarification needed][1] The movement was strong in various Shia communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shia town of Thokar Niaz Beg of Lahore, the party ran a "virtual state within a state" in the 1990s.

[3] The Government of Pakistan designated Sipah-e-Muhammad a terrorist organization in 2002;[citation needed] it is classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law, [citation needed] and its finances are blocked worldwide by the US government.