Qazi Hussain Ahmad | |
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قاضی حسین احمد | |
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| 3rd Emir of Jamaat-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 the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-5 (Nowshera-I)[2] |
| Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
| In office 1986–1996[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1938 Nowshera, NWFP, British India |
| Died | 5 January 2013 (aged 74)[2] Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British India (1938–1947) Pakistan (1947–2013) |
| Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Children | Samia Raheel Qazi, Asif Luqman Qazi, Anas Farhan Qazi, Khowla Ahmed Qazi |
| Residence | Nowshera |
| Alma mater | University of Peshawar (BSc, MSc) |
| Occupation | Foreign policy commentator, religious leader |
| Profession | Professor Religious leader |
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Qazi Hussain Ahmad (Urdu: قاضی حسین احمد; born 12 January 1938[3] – 5 January 2013) was an Islamic scholar, democracy activist, and former Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami, the socially conservative Islamist political party in Pakistan.[3]
He opposed the United States' participation in the war against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.[1][4]
- ^ a b c Former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad passes away in Islamabad Archived 11 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 January 2013, Retrieved 10 December 2017
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Tribunewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Qazi Hussain Ahmad profile". Pakistan Leaders Online website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Vietnam was a picnic for the US forces compared to Afghanistan (Qazi Hussain Ahmad interview - Amir, Jamaat-e-Islami)". Newsline. November 2001. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2022.