Qazi Hussain Ahmad | |
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محترم قاضی حسین احمد | |
Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami | |
In office 7 October 1987 – 29 March 2009 |
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Preceded by | Tufail Muhammad |
Succeeded by | Munawwar Hassan |
President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | |
In office 10 October 2002 – 18 February 2008 |
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Preceded by | Shah Ahmad Noorani |
Succeeded by | Alliance collapse |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007 |
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Constituency | NA-5 Nowshera-I |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 1986–1996 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Now Shera, Now Shera District, North-West Frontier, British Indian Empire |
12 January 1938
Died | 6 January 2013 Islamabad |
(aged 74)
Nationality |
British Subject (1938–1947) Pakistan (1947–present) |
Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami |
Alma mater |
University of Peshawar (BSc, MSc) |
Occupation | Foreign policy commentator, religious leader |
Profession | Professor, religious leader |
Qazi Hussain Ahmad (Urdu: قاضی حسین احمد ; born 12 January 1938 – 6 January 2013) was an Islamic scholar, clergyman, democracy activist, and former Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami, the socially conservative Islamist political party in Pakistan.
He was a strong critic of the counter-terrorism policy of the United States, and was widely known for his opposition to the United States' participation in the war against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Qazi was born in 1938 in the house of Maulana Qazi Muhammad Abdul Rab at Ziarat Kaka Sahib, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Qazi Sahib is descendant of Seljoki Sheikh Hazrat Sheikh Akhund Adyan seljuki Baba/Akhuna din Baba ( شیخ اخوند ادین بابا /اخوندین بابا/سلجوقی), who was a teacher of Hazrat kaka sahib and contemporary of Khushal Khan Khattak. A teacher by profession, Maulana was appointed as the President of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Qazi Hussain Ahmed was the youngest among his ten siblings.
After having completed early education at home, Qazi Hussain Ahmad was admitted to Islamia College, Peshawar and got his Master of Science (MSc) degree in Geography from Peshawar University. He served as lecturer at Saidu Medical College Swat for three years, teaching at the graduate level. He left university after three years. After that he started his own business. He was elected as Vice-President, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Provincial) Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Living in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa gave him some familiarity with political affairs in neighboring Afghanistan.