Liaqat Baloch

Liaqat Baloch
لیاقت بلوچ
Naib Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2019
Preceded byKhurshid Ahmad
Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
In office
27 April 2019 – 21 May 2019
Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami
In office
May 2009 – 27 April 2019
Succeeded byAmeer ul Azeem
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007
ConstituencyNA-126 (Lahore-IX)
In office
3 November 1990 – 16 October 1993
In office
21 March 1985 – 2 December 1988
ConstituencyLahore
Personal details
Born (1952-12-09) 9 December 1952 (age 71)
Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami (2019-present)
Websiteliaqatbaloch.com

Liaqat Baloch (Urdu: لیاقت بلوچ; born 9 December 1952) is a political leader in Pakistan.

A member of the Pakistani parliament in 1985, 1990 and 2002,[1][2][3] Baloch is currently serving as the Naib Ameer (Deputy Chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's Islamic religio-political party and also served as the Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami until 2019.[4][5]

He was also the secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the deputy leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.[6][7]

  1. ^ "7th National Assembly from 1985 to 1988. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "9th National Assembly from 1990 to 1993. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Result NA-126 Lahore-IX Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Amirul Azeem JI's new secretary general". The News International (newspaper). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "JI praises Afghan people for achieving 'great victory'". Business recorder (newspaper). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2018 elections: Are MMA's chances of winning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overrated?". Geo News. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Jamaat-e-Islami parts way with MMA". Dunya News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.