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{{Infobox political party
| name = Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan
| native_name = {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ پاکستان}}}}
| logo = Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Logo.png
| national = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]
| international = *[[Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir]]
* [[Asian Federation of Muslim Youth]]
* [[International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations]]
* [[World Assembly of Muslim Youth]]
| president = Hamza Muhammad Siddiqui
| secretary_general = Shakeel Ahmad
| leader3_title = Assist. Sec. General
| leader3_name = Sadiq Rahim
| leader4_title = Assist. Sec. General
| leader4_name = Adil Fiaz
|colorcode = #ADD8E6
| slogan = "To build the lives of human beings on the exact parameters of [[Allah]]'s orders and teachings of [[Mohammad|Prophet Muhammad]] to seek absolute obedience of Allah"<ref name="jamiat"/>
| foundation = {{nowrap|23 December 1947, [[Lahore]]}}
| founder = [[Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi]]
| ideology = [[Islamism]]<ref name="jamiat">{{cite web|url=https://jamiat.org.pk/about-us/|title=Mission statement of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba|access-date=13 December 2018|website=jamiat.org.pk}}</ref><br>[[Islamic revivalism]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Islamic socialism]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Education in Islam|Islamic teachings]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Social justice]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Patriotism]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Political Islam]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Revolutionary]]<ref name="jamiat"/><br>[[Pan-Islamism]]<ref name="jamiat"/>
| headquarters = [[Ichhra]], [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]
| website = {{url|http://www.jamiat.org.pk}}
| country = Pakistan
}}

'''Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ }}}}) {{small|abbr.}} '''IJT''' is the largest student organisation in Pakistan. It was founded by 25 students on 23 December 1947 at [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/742642 |author=Nadeem F. Paracha|date=18 August 2012|title=Bleeding green: The rise and fall of the IJT (Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba)|publisher=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is working in Pakistan to eliminate the non-Islamic elements and secularism from the curriculum and teachings of the educational institutions of Pakistan.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Constitution.html?id=HzxYGwAACAAJ Constitution: Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan] GoogleBooks website, Retrieved 13 December 2018</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paracha|first=Nadeem F.|date=2012-08-16|title=Bleeding green: The rise and fall of the IJT|url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/08/16/bleeding-green-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ijt/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Islami Jamiat E Talaba {{!}} News Updates from Pakistan {{!}} eTribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/islami-jamiat-e-talaba|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> It is a member of the [[International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations]] and the [[World Assembly of Muslim Youth]].

IJT was influenced mainly by the works of the late [[Syed Abul Ala Maududi|Syed Abul-Ala Maududi]] and  Maulana [[Naeem Siddiqui]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-14|title=Other side of the coin: On IJT's call, PU seeks action against Pakhtun students|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1384175/side-coin-ijts-call-pu-seeks-action-pakhtun-students|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> It is an Islamic organization whose stated mission is to preach Islam to students of modern institutions throughout [[Pakistan]]. From the 1970s until about the early 1990s it was also the main ideological engine powering the concept of [[political Islam]] on the country's university and college campuses. It attempts to promote its vision of Islamic values and glorify the image of Islam through various means.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-13|title=Campus politics: No ban on rallies can stop IJT from protest|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1383052/campus-politics-no-ban-rallies-can-stop-ijt-protest|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> Its main fields are the modern educational institutions, i.e. colleges and universities across Pakistan, though many local sub-divisions are active at the school level, like Bazm-e-Sathi, Bazm-e-Paigham, Bazm-e-Roshni.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-30|title=PU teachers fret over IJT's rising influence|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1545554/pu-teachers-fret-ijts-rising-influence|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-13|title=Banning student events: IJT to challenge government's decision at LHC|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1382056/banning-student-events-ijt-challenge-governments-decision-lhc|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba was founded on 23 December 1947 in Lahore, and is one of the oldest student organizations in Pakistan. The headquarters of IJT is in the city of [[Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-14|title=Other side of the coin: On IJT's call, PU seeks action against Pakhtun students|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1384175/side-coin-ijts-call-pu-seeks-action-pakhtun-students|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba's ideology is not based on any language and ethnic origin. The [[women's wing]] of the party, with the same ideology but with a separate structure and organisation, is known as ''[[Islami Jamiat-e-Talibaat]]''. 

It has a counterpart of the same ideology but with a complete, separate and independent structure and organisation, known as Jamiat Talaba Arabia Pakistan. (JT Arabia works in religious institutions of Pakistan.)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-13|title=Campus politics: No ban on rallies can stop IJT from protest|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1383052/campus-politics-no-ban-rallies-can-stop-ijt-protest|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is continuously struggling by keeping their voice up for the revival of students unions after the ban.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-09|title=United we stand: '2017 will be the year of revival of student unions'|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1321908/united-stand-2017-will-year-revival-student-unions|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> 

=== Motto ===
Islami Jamiat Talaba's purpose or motto is "To seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty by ordering human life in accordance with the principles laid down by [[Allah]] and His Messenger [[Muhammad]] (peace be upon him)."<ref>[https://jamiat.org.pk/about-us/ Mission statement of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba] Retrieved 13 December 2018</ref>

# [[Dawah]] (Call to Allah) - Conveying the message of [[Islam]] to the students and inspiring them to acquire knowledge and to arouse in them the sense of responsibility to practice [[Islam]] in full.
# Organization - To organize the students who are ready to partake in the struggle for establishing the Islamic way of life within the fold of this organization.
# Training - To take appropriate steps to impart [[Islam|Islamic knowledge]] among the students integrated under the [[organization]] to make them men of character, capable of braving the challenges of [[Jahiliyyah|Jahilyah]] and, thus, to prove the superiority of [[Islam]].
# [[Education in Islam|Islamic Education]] Movement and Student-oriented Problems - To struggle for changing the existing system of education on the basis of Islamic values to build up ideal citizens and enhance [[leadership]] to solve real problems of the students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youth should be ready to bring about real change|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/607858-youth-should-be-ready-to-bring-about-real-change|access-date=2020-06-29|website=thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>
# Establishing [[Islamism|Islamic Social Order]] - To strive tooth-and-nail to establish Islamic social order for freeing humanity from all forms of economic exploitation, political oppression and cultural servitude.

==List of chief administrators==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Year(s)
!Name
|-
|1
|December 1947– October 1950
|Zafarullah Khan
|-
|2
|November 1950 – September 1951
|[[Mohammad Naseem]]
|-
|3
|October 1951 – October 1952
|[[Khurram Murad]]
|-
|4
|November 1952 – July 1953
|[[Israr Ahmed|Israr Ahmad]]<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/857508/prominent-scholar-dr-israr-ahmed-dies Prominent scholar Dr Israr Ahmed dies] Profile and obituary on Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 April 2010, Retrieved 12 December 2018</ref>
|-
|5
|August 1953 – October 1953
|Murad Ali Shah
|-
|6
|November 1953 – September 1955
|[[Khurshid Ahmad (scholar)|Khurshid Ahmad]]<ref>[http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ahmad_khurshid/ Profile of Khurshid Ahmad on theamericanmuslim.org website] Retrieved 12 December 2018</ref>
|-
|7
|October 1955 – December 1956
|Hussain Khan
|-
|8
|December 1957 – October 1958
|Absar Alam
|-
|9
|November 1958 – November 1962
|Mohammad Hussain Khan
|-
|10
|December 1962 – November 1964
|Mehboob Ali
|-
|11
|December 1964 – October 1967
|[[Munawar Hasan|Syed Munawar Hassan]]
|-
|12
|November 1967 – November 1969
|Kamal Khan
|-
|13
|November 1969 – September 1971
|[[Motiur Rahman Nizami]]
|-
|14
|October 1971 – August 1972
|Tasneem Alam Manzar
|-
|15
|September 1972 – September 1975
|Zafar Jamal Baloch
|-
|16
|October 1975 – September 1977
|Abdul Malik Mujahid
|-
|17
|October 1977 – August 1979
|[[Liaqat Baloch]]
|-
|18
|September 1979 – September 1982
|Shabbir Ahmad
|-
|19
|October 1982 – June 1984
|Mairajuddin Khan
|-
|20
|July 1984 – August 1984
|[[Ejaz Chaudhary|Ejaz Chaudhry]]
|-
|21
|September 1984 – August 1986
|Syed Rashid Naseem
|-
|22
|October 1986 – September 1988
|Ameer Azeem
|-
|23
|October 1988 – September 1991
|[[Siraj-ul-Haq|Sirajul Haq]]<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/689396/changing-traditions-sirajul-haq-picked-to-head-ji/ Changing traditions: Sirajul Haq picked to head JI (Jamaat-e-Islami)] The Express Tribune (newspaper), 31 March 2014, Retrieved 12 December 2018</ref>
|-
|24
|October 1991 – September 1993
|Izharul Haq
|-
|25
|October 1993 – January 1995
|Owais Qasim
|-
|26
|February 1995 – January 1998
|Waqas Anjum Jafry
|-
|27
|February 1998 – February 2000
|[[Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman|Hafiz Naeem Rehman]]
|-
|28
|February 2000 – February 2002
|Mushtaq Ahmad
|-
|29
|February 2002 – February 2004
|Navaid Anwar
|-
|30
|February 2004 – February 2006 
|Zubair Ahmad
|-
|31
|February 2006 – February 2008
|Nasrullah Goraya
|-
|32
|February 2008 – February 2010
|Ateeq Rehman
|-
|33
|February 2010 – February 2012
|Abdul Rasheed
|-
|34
|February 2012 – February 2014
|Zubair Safdar
|-
|35
|February 2014 – February  2016
|Zubair Hafeez Shaikh
|-
|36
|February 2016 – February 2018
|Sohaibuddin Kakakhel
|-
|37
|February 2018 – February 2020
|Amir Nagra
|-
|38
|February 2020 – present
|Hamza Siddiqui
|}
==Controversies==
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba has been continuously speaking against campus violence in the name of ethnicity.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rahul|date=28 October 2018|title=Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba students at IIU assault waiter|newspaper=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thediplomat.com/tag/islami-jamiat-e-talaba/ |title=Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba {{!}} Pakistan's Dark History of Student Extremists |date=16 November 2018 |first1=Shah Meer |last1=Baloch |first2=Zafar |last2=Musyani |newspaper=[[The Diplomat]] |access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/367796/islami-jamiat-e-talaba-attacked-us-punjab-university-students/ |title=Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba attacked us: Punjab University students |first=Hassaan |last=Ahmed |date=21 March 2019 |newspaper=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=1 May 2019|title=Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Refutes Militant Link Charge|newspaper=[[Kashmir Observer]]|url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2019/05/01/islami-jamiat-e-talaba-refutes-militant-link-charge/|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> It has been allegedly linked with [[Muslim Brotherhood|Islamic Brotherhood]] but IJT denies any link and said that, "It is a false  accusation to disrupt our mission by the secular lobbies".

==Notable alumni==<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
{{div col}}
* [[Ansar Abbasi]]
* [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
* [[Qazi Hussain Ahmed]]
* [[Sohail Ahmed]]
* [[Wajihuddin Ahmed]]
* [[Arif Alvi]]
* [[Amir Cheema]]
* [[Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan]]
* [[Hussain Haqqani]]
* [[Javed Hashmi]]
* [[Ahsan Iqbal]]
* [[Orya Maqbool Jan]]
* [[Qamar Zaman Kaira]]
* [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]]
* [[Karnal Sher Khan]]
* [[Mushahid Ullah Khan]]
* [[Shahid Masood]]
* [[Hamid Mir]]
* [[Abdul Malik Mujahid]]
* [[Asad Qaiser]]
* [[Khawaja Saad Rafique]] 
* [[Saleem Safi]]
* [[Raheel Sharif]]
* [[Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui]]
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jamiat.org.pk Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140912205419/http://jamiat.org.pk/blog/ IJT official blog]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629041701/http://www.massmedia.pk/ An Islamic Video/Audio Portal :: A Project of karachi Jamiat]

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