 However, after the assassination of JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq in 2018, activities of his faction gradually died down.This lead Moulana Fazal-ur-Rehman to plead before Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for and to get his JUI-F faction renamed as JUI in March, 2019.Over the years the JUI-S has maintained that it is more committed to enforcing Sharia in the country than the JUI-F faction.