Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi لشکر جھنگوی Flag of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Leader(s) Riaz Basra † Malik Ishaq † Akram Lahori † Ghulam Rasool Shah † Asif Chotu † [1] Qari Mohammad Yasin † [2] Dates of operation 1996–present Motives Extermination of the Shia community in Pakistan Active region(s) Pakistan Afghanistan Ideology Sunni supremacism Deobandi fundamentalism [3] Salafi jihadism Anti-Shi'ism Notable attacks 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings January 2013 Pakistan bombings 2015 Attock bombing October 2016 attack on Police College Quetta Pakistan Status Active. Designated as a terrorist organization by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ( LeJ ; Urdu: لشکر جھنگوی ) or "Army of Jhangvi", is a Sunni supremacist [4] and jihadist militant organisation based in Pakistan with limited operations in ...