Qazi Hussain Ahmad | |
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قاضی حسین احمد | |
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| 3rdEmir ofJamaat-e-Islami | |
| In office 7 October 1987[1] – 29 March 2009[1] | |
| Preceded by | Mian Tufail Mohammad |
| Succeeded by | Munawwar Hassan |
| President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | |
| In office 10 October 2002 – 18 February 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Shah Ahmad Noorani |
| Succeeded by | Alliance collapse |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-5 (Nowshera-I)[2] |
| Member of theSenate of Pakistan | |
| In office 1986–1996[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 |
| Died | 5 January 2013(2013-01-05) (aged 74)[2] Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Ziarat Kaka Saheb, Nowshera |
| Nationality | British India (1938–1947) Pakistan (1947–2013) |
| Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Nowshera |
| 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[3] – 5 January 2013) was anIslamic scholar, pro-Islamic democracy activist and formerEmir ofJamaat-e-Islami, the social conservativeIslamist political party in Pakistan.[3]
He opposed theUnited States' participation in thewar against theTaliban in neighbouringAfghanistan.[1][4]
Ahmad was born to ethnicPashtun parents in 1938 in the house of Muhammad Abdul Rab at Ziarat Kaka Sahib,Nowshera District,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[3]
A teacher by profession, Ahmad was appointed as the President ofJamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind for its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa branch before 1947.[3] Qazi Hussain Ahmed was the youngest among his ten siblings.
After having completed early education at home, Ahmad was admitted toIslamia College, Peshawar and got his Master of Science (MSc) degree in geography fromPeshawar University. He served as a lecturer at Jehanzeb CollegeSwat for three years, teaching at the graduate level. 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 neighboringAfghanistan.[3]
Ahmed had two sons (Asif Luqman Qazi and Anas Farhan Qazi) and two daughters.[2] His wife and children all are Jamaat-e-Islami activists. He spokeUrdu, English, Arabic, andPersian in addition to his native tongue,Pashto.[3] He was a great admirer of the poetAllama Muhammad Iqbal and employed quotes from both Iqbal's Urdu and Persian poetry in his speeches and conversations.[citation needed]
His association with theIslamic Movement started in his school days when he first joinedIslami Jamiat-e-Talaba, Pakistan. He became member of Jamaat-e-Islami in 1970 and was elected to the office of President of itsPeshawar branch. He served Jamaat-e-Islami as Secretary and then Ameer of its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial branch. After the resignation of MaulanaNaeem Siddiqui, he was promoted to the office of Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1978.[3][5] and then elected as Ameer (Chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1987,[1] continued to serve in that capacity, getting re-elected four more times (1992, 1994, 1999 and 2003). In 2008,Syed Munawwar Hasan was elected to head Jamaat-e-Islami, when Qazi Hussain Ahmad chose not to run for the office. Qazi Hussain Ahmad remained head of Jamaat-e-Islami for nearly 22 years.[2][6]
In theParliament of Pakistan, he also served as the parliamentary leader ofMuttahida Majlis-e-Amal.[2]
Within Pakistan, he was a patron of organisations such asPasban and founder ofShabab e Milli, youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.[3]
Qazi Hussain Ahmad was first elected as member of theSenate of Pakistan in 1986 for a term of six years. He was re-elected for that position in March 1992. To protest against the corrupt political system, he resigned as a Senator in 1996. He was elected as a Member ofNational Assembly in the2002 Pakistani general election from his native town, Nowshera.[2]
Qazi Hussain Ahmad traveled abroad widely to represent the Jamaat at the international forums, lead goodwill missions, and in a personal capacity to mediate in issues concerning Muslims, such as the Iran–Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War, the Balkan (Bosnia) crisis and the post-Soviet power struggle in Afghanistan. Even before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmad was in close contact with Afghan mujahideen and met with top Afghan leaders. He helped build support in Pakistan for the movement and introduce theAfghan jihad to the outside world.[3]
He was a staunch supporter of theKashmiri insurgency against India and the initiator of theKashmir Solidarity Day.[7]
On 20 July 1996, started protests against the government alleging corruption. Qazi Hussain resigned from the senate on 27 September and announced to start a long march against the Benazir's government. Protests started on 27 October 1996 by Jamaat e Islami and the opposition parties. On 4 November 1996,Benazir Bhutto's government was dismissed by PresidentFarooq Leghari primarily because of corruption.[8]
Qazi Hussain Ahmad died of a heart attack late in the evening on Saturday, 5 January 2013, at a son's house inIslamabad.[2]
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