The party was part of the Islamic fundamentalist Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, alliance that won 11.3 percent of the popular vote in the 2002 legislative elections, but has since folded. It is linked to the Ahl-i Hadith movement. It has been called "closely linked" to Saudi Arabia and according to Bizaa Zeynab Ali it "assiduously follows the lead of Saudi ulema' with their most orthodox and stringent school of interpretation of Islamic law."[1]