Mufti Mahmud
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Maulana Mufti Mahmud (Pashto: مولانا مفتى محمود), an ethnic Marwat Pashtun hailing from Abdul Khel, was born in January 1919 in Paniala, Dera Ismail Khan District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He was an Islamic scholar and political activist. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman is his son and was the leader of opposition in Pakistan.
He fought in the Indian Independence Movement during the 1940s. He was a close ally of the Indian National Congress at the time and opposed the demand for Pakistan. Even after the Partition of India, when he moved to Pakistan, he remained a bitter enemy of the Muslim League.
After the 1970 General Elections, he became the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam founded by Moulana Shabir Ahmed Usmani. And into a coalition with the National Awami Party & Pakistan Peoples Party. On March 1, 1972, he was elected as the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province. He along with his cabinet resigned in protest at the dismissal of the NAP - JUI (F) coalition government in Balochistan on 14 February 1973.
He supported Afghan Jihad against the invasion of Afghanistan by USSR (see also Soviet-Afghan War).
He died on 14 October 1980. He was buried in Abdul Khel, Paniala, his home town.
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| Preceded by Sardar Bahadur Khan |
Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province 1972 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Inayatullah Gandapur |
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| Preceded by Maulana Abdullah Darkhawasti |
Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1968 – 1980 |
Succeeded by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman |
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