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Significance
IS has long-standing ties with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and is increasingly reaching out to Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), LeJ’s parent organisation. SSP and LeJ seek the extermination of Pakistan’s Shia minority.
Impacts
An uptick in anti-Shia attacks would make it more difficult for Pakistan to pursue rapprochement with Shia-majority Iran.
Many Pakistanis will blame Saudi Arabia for Sunni supremacist violence in the country.
Pakistan’s security forces may crack down on LeJ and SSP.
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