The ban on Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat for its suspected involvement in terrorism related activities of the defunct anti-Shia Sipah-e-Sahaba terror group, has done nothing to keep it from actively campaigning for the 2018 election under the 'Rah-e-Haq' banner.
Editorial: ASWJ off the watch list
Despite the ASWJ's links to sectarian targeted killings, political parties have been approaching them for support in the election — much to Twitter's dismay:
PPP candidate for NA-54 Islamabad Raja Imran Ashraf meets banned #SipaheSahaba/#ASWJ Islamabad leader Abdul Rehman Muavia at the outfit's Rahmani Masjid Aabpara centre seeking support for elections. Shame! pic.twitter.com/7CW6f6P4L1
— Bilal Farooqi (@bilalfqi) July 9, 2018
Former PM Abbasi meets with the officials of banned ASWJ and requests them to support PMLN on NA53. Liberals? Religion card? pic.twitter.com/KEhrBBiESj
— Madiha Abbas Naqvi (@Madeeha_Naqvi) July 10, 2018