Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Listed Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) since January 30, 2003 |
|---|---|
| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Listed LASHKAR I JHANGVI |
| UK Proscribed | Listed Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) (Aka Millat-e Islami Pakistan (MIP) - SSP was renamed MIP in April 2003 but is still referred to as SSP) and splinter group Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ) since March 2001 |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Listed Lashkar i Jhangvi |
| Canada Listed Entities | Listed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) since June 18, 2003 |
| Australia Listed | Not listed official list |
Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Designated as terrorist by: Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States
Base of operations: Pakistan
Background: Mapping Militant Organizations (Stanford)
Background: South Asia Terrorism Portal
Named for the late Sunni cleric Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ; "Army of Jhangvi") is a virulently anti-Shiite terrorist group operating in Pakistan. In the 1990s, it broke away from the militant organization Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), which Jhangvi had founded, objecting to SSP's softening approach to Shiites. However, some analysts believe that the split was largely superficial and consider LeJ to be the armed wing of SSP. LeJ's goal is to transform Pakistan into a fundamentalist Sunni state consistent with the worldview of the Deobandi revivalist movement in South Asia. After Islamabad reversed its previous support and cracked down on SSP and LeJ, they responded with assaults on Pakistani leaders and institutions, even attempting to assassinate the prime minister in 1999. Perhaps the chief driver of sectarian killings in the country, LeJ puts special emphasis on attacking Iranian nationals and interests inside Pakistan. Christians and non-Deobandi Sunnis are other targets. LeJ has well-established ties to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, collaborating with them both before and after 9/11. It detonated a car bomb outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi in 2002.
