Asmatullah Rohani
Asmatullah Rohani عصمت الله روحاني | |
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| Nationality | Afghan |
| Occupation | Judge |
Asmatullah Rohani is son of a prominent judge Hamdullah and he comes from Yousufzia tribe in eastern Kunar Province. His entire family is known as an intellectual family in eastern Kunar province because his father and his uncles were well educated and they have served as judges in several different provinces of Afghanistan. His family comes originally from Pashat district in Kunar province. However, later his immediate family settled in Tanar district of Kunar province. Asmatullah Rohani was born on August 3, 1937 in city of Balkh when his father was a judge in Northern Mazar-e Sharif province, Afghanistan. He completed his primary education at Shiah Koat Ahdad primary school in Nangarhar province and later in 1950 he was admitted to Madrassah Imam Abu Hanifa in Kabul. Asmatullah Rohani graduated from Madrassah Imam Abu Hanifa in 1957 and then went on and got his BA in 1961 from faculty of Islamic law at Kabul University. In 1972 he went to Australia on a scholarship for his higher education in international law and later in 1976 he went to Japan for further studies in International law.[1]
Professional career
After completing his studies overseas, he returned to Afghanistan and served as Supreme Court ( Pashto: ستره محكمه) judge at the ministry of justice in Kabul, Afghanistan. Later he was appointed as the director of Supreme Court( Pashto: ستره محكمه) judge to Paktika province located at the southern and eastern portion of Afghanistan. He also taught part-time at the faculty of Islamic law in Kabul University. In 1980, he joined the National Committee for Human Rights and extended his efforts in documenting the human rights abuses and the Soviet atrocities against the civilian population of Afghanistan. In 1987, there was an assassination attempt at his life by the communist regime and he got badly injured and was admitted to hospital in Kabul. Soon after, he crossed into Pakistan via remote mountain pass on foot along with his wife and joined his children who were already living in Peshawar, Pakistan. As soon as he arrived in Peshawar, he joined the Writers of Union of Free Afghanistan and wrote a book called Jihad-fi-Sabilellah.[2] In 1988, he was invited by the government of United States of America where he met with several members of congress to discuss relevant issues regarding the future of Afghanistan and he was also invited to Voice of America in Washington D.C for a special session on Afghanistan. He came back to Peshawar and was appointed as director of free lawyers of association of Afghanistan. In May 1991, he was invited by the government of South Korea where he participated in the Second Conference of the President’s of Bar Association in Asia. He had several interviews with different Korean TV channels where he discussed the need for helping the Afghan people after the Russian troop’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In 1994, he joined his children in Canada. Right now, he lives in Guelph, Ontario Canada with his wife. Although he has been ill for quite some time now, he is still actively involved in writings articles on the current affairs of Afghanistan and recently he just completed and published two more books in Pashto language called Rohani Palwashi and Rohani Salghai.[3]
References
- ^ Da Leekwalo Leekane | SCPRD.COM Archived December 31, 2010, at WebCite
- ^ Yusufzai - Jahad-Fi-Sabilellah [Pashtu] / edited by Asmatullah Rohani Yusufzai Archived December 31, 2010, at WebCite
- ^ Ashian cultural, social & family magazine for Afghan community in North America volume. 2 number 25, Pages 30 – 31, Ashian Graphics & Publications, Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 2005
http://www.scprd.com/lekane/show.php?sid=779[permanent dead link]
External links
- Da Leekwalo Leekane | SCPRD.COM[permanent dead link]
قاضي عصمت الله روحاني - Da Leekwalo Leekane | SCPRD.COM[permanent dead link]
قاضي عصمت الله روحاني - http://www.pashtoonkhwa.com/?page=pashtoonkhwa&id=157
قاضي عصمت الله روحاني - http://wepakhtoons.blogspot.com/2010/07/poem-life-of-pakhtoons.html
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