Liaqat Baloch
Liaqat Baloch (Template:Lang-ur) | |
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Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | |
Assumed office 20 March 2018 | |
Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami | |
Assumed office May 2009 | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007 | |
Constituency | NA-126 (Lahore-IX) |
In office 3 November 1990 – 16 October 1993 | |
In office 21 March 1985 – 2 December 1988 | |
Constituency | Lahore |
Personal details | |
Born | Muzaffargarh, Pakistan | 9 December 1952
Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami |
Liaqat Baloch (Template:Lang-ur; born December 9, 1952) is a political leader in Pakistan. He is originally from Muzaffargarh, a remote area of southern Punjab - although his family's origins are in the nearby province of Balochistan.[1]
He played an active role in student politics in the late 1970s. And at the University of the Punjab where he was elected president of the Students Union in 1976. He also elected all Pakistan president of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba in 1977 and 1978. He holds an MA (Mass Communication) and LLB degree from the University of the Punjab. He was a member of the Pakistani parliament in 1985, 1990 and 2002.[1]
Today, Baloch lives in Lahore and is the Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's Islamic religio-political party. He was also the secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the deputy leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.[1]
His sister-in-law is Dr Tahira Basharat, an important figure attached to the department of Islamic Studies at the University of the Punjab, where she served as Professor and Dean.[2]
See also
- Naeem Siddiqui
- Tehreek-e-Islami[3][circular reference]
- Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed
- Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba
- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Khurshid Ahmad
- Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
- Politics of Pakistan
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad
- List of political parties in Pakistan
References
External links
- Liaqat Baloch Official Website
- Official bio on Jamaat-e-Islami website (English)
- Jamaat-i-Islami Official site (English)