Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury@salah_shoaib
What Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan wants in Bangladesh?
While senior officers of Pakistan Armed Forces and its spy agency Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) are regularly visiting Bangladesh – covertly and overtly, during August 2024 to February 2026 rule of Muhammad Yunus, several figures of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and others were also seen visiting Bangladesh and running dubious activities—now leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) have started visiting Bangladesh and interacting with their counterparts in Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh.
According to information, on 10 May 2026 at approximately 0510 hrs, two senior leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan arrived in Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight.
Their names and designations are as follows:
1. Mr. Masood Ghaus Aijazi, Assistant Director of International Affairs, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
2. Dr. Ms. Seema Malik, Responsible Leader of the Karachi Zone, Women’s Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
Learned that they are currently staying at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka.
There is no information about their tentative date of departure.
It may be mentioned that Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) maintains strong ideological and operational connections with Hamas, often advocating for them as a "legitimate resistance force" rather than a terrorist organization. As of 2025-2026, JI has actively demanded the opening of a Hamas office in Pakistan, organized mass rallies in support of Gaza, and, through its charitable wing Alkhidmat Foundation, provided significant financial aid to Palestinians.
Additionally, the connections between Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) and Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) are rooted in a shared, long-term commitment to Islamist ideology and a common goal of influencing Pakistan's domestic and foreign policy, particularly concerning Kashmir.
While JIP is primarily a political and religious party and LeT is a militant organization, they operate within a sympathetic, often overlapping network.
Also, connections between Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) are primarily indirect, rooted in shared ideological, training, and operational networks within Pakistan, rather than a direct administrative or organizational merger. Both organizations operate within the same broader ecosystem of Pakistani Islamist and militant groups.
Jamaat-e-Islami is an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood.
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