The group was founded in February 2017 and originates from the Punjab region in Pakistan.[1] The leaders of the group are claimed to have derived their ideology and tactical methodologies from Osama Bin Laden and his organization, Al-Qaeda.[2] Members of the group allegedly fought for the Islamic State Khurasan, but the organization's brutal tactics drove its members into creating Ansural Sharia Pakistan.[3] The Ansarul Sharia Pakistan group is also known for being the group that the mujahideen group started with, they later splintered off because they were unimpressed with the Ansarul Sharia Pakistan's actions.[3]