Imamia Students Organisation
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Imamia Students Organisation is a Shi'a Muslim students organisation in Pakistan
. It was founded by Dr. Mohammad Ali Naqvi on 22 May 1972 at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. In 2011 it had "around 1200 units in Pakistan," covering all the five provinces of Pakistan, Tribal areas, Azad Jamu, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
Allegations were directed against ISO that they receive funding from Iran
. ISO counters those allegations, stating that they only receive moral guidance from Iran.
The ISO has been part of the Shurae Wahdat-e-Islami since September 1988.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It was founded by Dr. Mohammad Ali Naqvi on 22 May 1972 at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. In 2011 it had "around 1200 units in Pakistan," covering all the five provinces of Pakistan, Tribal areas, Azad Jamu, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
Allegations were directed against ISO that they receive funding from Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. ISO counters those allegations, stating that they only receive moral guidance from Iran.
The ISO has been part of the Shurae Wahdat-e-Islami since September 1988.
External links
- http://www.isopakistan.org
- http://www.facebook.com/imamiastudentsorganizationpak