The Muttahida Quami Movement ("United National Movement"/MQM) is a liberal political party of Pakistan, with its stronghold in Karachi. It started as a student organization in Karachi University and was called the ‘All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization’ in 1978. The founding member was Mr. Altaf Hussain who is still the leader of the political party.

Minhaj-ul-Quran International is a non-political, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization (NGO) working in over 100 countries around the globe. The organization was founded in 1981 in Lahore, works in the fields of welfare, human rights and education by using a methodology based in Sufism.

Hazra Democratic Party is a political party of the Hazara nation in Pakistan and are active in the capital city of Balochistan province, Quetta where up to half a million Hazara currently reside.

People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) (1963-1990) was born from the struggle against British colonialism in the port of Aden and surrounding areas.  Full independence was gained in 1967 and the country as it would remain until independence was established in 1969 with the ascendance and political monopoly of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP).  The country remain

Yemeni Arab Republic (YAR) (1962-1990), with its capital at Sana’a, covered the territory of what is today northwestern Yemen until unification with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) in 1990.  The YAR was formed from a republican coup against the previous monarchy, a struggle which lasted from 1962 to 1967 and drew in Egypt and Saudi Arabia on opposing sides

The al-Nusra Front is an armed jihadist group active in Syria since January 2012 which has claimed responsibility for most of the increasingly frequent anti-government bombings in the country.  Little is known for sure about the group beyond what it has publicized through its media arm, al-Manara al-Baida (The White Minaret); its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, h

The Free Syrian Army is the main armed opposition group in Syria, composed largely of former members of the Syrian military and officially formed in September 2011.  Because there are many armed groups in Syria that claim to be part of the Free Syrian Army, the organization’s headquarters in Turkey functions more as an umbrella than an actual strategic body.  Free Syr

Al-Shabab al-Mu’min (founded 1990) was created by a group of six Zaydi community leaders including Muhammad Yahya Salim al-Azan, a fellow founder of Hizb al-Haqq, and came under the influence of Hussein al-Houthi in 1997. Originally, the group focused on running summer camps to educated Zaydi youth about their heritage and prepare them for community leadership.

The Committee to Protect Journalists- Defending Journalists World-Wide is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide.

Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi-TNSM ("Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law") (TNSM) was founded in 1992 by Maulana Sufi Mohammad with the aim of imposing Sharia in the Malakand division of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.