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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, one of its previous coalition partners, in its strongholds Lower Dir and Upper Dir in the general elections 2018 by sweeping both the districts.
Except Inayatullah Khan, all the JI candidates including its chief Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...were defeated by the PTI candidates in both the districts.
It seems that participation of women voters in the elections did not prove well for the religious party.
PTI won two National Assembly seats and four provincial assembly seats in Lower Dir. One of the seven seats in the district, PK-16, was grabbed by ANP.