The Senate of Pakistan and the National Assembly, in a joint session held on 13th May, 2011, considered the situation arising from unilateral US forces action in Abbottabad on 2nd May, 2011.

After an in-depth discussion, including presentation made on the relevant issues by the Director General, Inter-Services Intelligence, Director General Military Operations and Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations), the Joint session of Parliament resolved under:

Jamiat e Ulama e Islam (JUI) is in fact continuation of the Jamiat e Ulama e Hind (JUH). JUH was formally launched during 1919 in undivided India by the ulama (religious scholars) of the Deobandi School of thought. The party, since its inception, believed in democratic and peaceful struggle for the independence of the homeland from the British shackles. The Ulama traditionally have a great influence on the masses and hence the JUH played a very important role in ousting the British from India.

A well-known religious scholar, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was in the fore front of such efforts. Accordingly, first convention of a good number of Deobandi Ulama took place in December, 1952 in Multan and JUI was formally launched. Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori was chosen as its first President while Maulana Ihtisham ul Haq as its first General Secretary. Although JUI had recently been established but it played a very active role during 1953 in the Khatam e Nabuwwat Tahreek