Sahibzada Hamid Raza | |
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صاحبزادہ حامد رضا | |
 Raza at aPTI press conference in 2024. | |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 29 February 2024 – 5 August 2025 | |
| Succeeded by | Raja Daniyal Ahmed Khan |
| Constituency | NA-104 Faisalabad-X |
| Chairman ofSIC | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Party | SIC (2009-present) |
| Relations | Sardar Ahmad Chishti (grandfather) |
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Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza (Urdu:صاحبزادہ محمد حامد رضا) is a Pakistani religious scholar and politician who had been a member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan from February 2024 to August 2025.
He is the current chairman of theSIC, a political alliance of manyIslamism and more specificallyBarelvi movement oriented parties.[1]
Sahibzada Hamid Raza is a son of former federal minister and religious scholarSahibzada Fazal Karim, who died in 2013.[1] He belongs to aPunjabiJat family and has four siblings, his paternal grandfatherSardar Ahmad Chishti having also been an influential religious figure.[2]
Raza was elected to theNational Assembly of Pakistan in the2024 Pakistani general election fromNA-104 Faisalabad-X as anindependent candidate supported bySIC. He received 132,655 votes while runner-up Daniyal Ahmed ofPMLN received 92,610 votes.[3][4]
In February 2024, he announced an alliance with PTI.[5] Most PTI-backed independent candidates who won their MNA seats formally joined thePTI.[6]
On 31 July 2025, Raza and 195 others were convicted by a court inFaisalabad and sentenced to up to 10 years' imprisonment over the2023 Pakistani protests. On 5 August 2025, Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified him due to his conviction.[7][8]
In May 2023, he was arrested related to ISI attack case.[1]