Muhammad Khan Sherani | |
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Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology | |
In office 16 November 2010 – 17 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masud |
Succeeded by | Dr. Qibla Ayaz |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah) |
In office 18 November 2002 – 18 November 2007 | |
Constituency | NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah) |
In office 1 December 1988 – 12 October 1999 | |
Constituency | NA-200 (Zhob) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Political party | Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam[1][2] (2020-2022) |
Other political affiliations | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (1988-2020) |
Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (Pashto/Urdu: مولانا محمد خان شیرانی) is a Pakistani Deobandi religious cleric and politician who established Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam the breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) over rifts with (JUI-F) leader Fazal-ur-Rehman.[3] He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, between 1988 and May 2018. He was the Chairman of the influential Council of Islamic Ideology from 2010 to 2016.