SUMMARY

TJP (Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan), meaning Pakistani Jihad Movement, was formed in 2023 with Abdullah Yaghistani as the head of the group. The group’s aim was to wage jihad against Pakistan with the goal of transforming the country into an Islamic state and to impose a theocratic version of sharia law similar to what the Taleban established in Afghanistan. TJP operated mainly in the Balochistan province and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and have only been engaged in the state based level of violence in the UCDP.