Srinagar, April 27 -- A faction of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday launched a new political party - the Jammu and Kashmir Justice and Development Front - pledging to stand with Country.
Several former members of this faction had contested last year's Assembly elections in the Union Territory as Independent candidates.
Jamaat-e-Islami, a politico-religious organization, was banned by the central government in 2019 over alleged links to militant groups.
Announcing the launch, president of the party Shamim Ahmad Thoker said they had originally scheduled a meeting for April 29 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), but it was advanced following the recent deadly attacks in Pahalgam and the subsequent national mou...